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STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 11, 2021 • 5 min read
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Report US-Japan Cybersecurity Cooperation: Beyond the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

By Pacific Forum • Nov 11, 2021
As the anchor of stability in the Indo-Pacific region, the US-Japan alliance faces enormous challenges and opportunities to revisit, review, and reinvigorate existing approaches in cybersecurity cooperation. The two countries face an ever-changing cyber threat environment, especially with the advent of disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud computing against the backdrop of deteriorating global internet consensus

Sep 03, 2021 • 10 min read
Disinformation

What this failed fact checking scheme revealed about ‘truth’ in Cambodia

In late-July, the US-funded CambodiaCheck project would be launched to counter misinformation surrounding the Kingdom. Less than a month later, the fact checking initiative would be cut short, standing accused of spreading the very thing it set out to counter
By Alastair McCready • Sep 03, 2021

Jul 05, 2021 • 8 min read
Immigration

In Houston, the evolution of the Vietnamese-American experience plays out

Distinct waves of immigrants from Vietnam to the US have shaped and been shaped by the country. Today, in the Texan city of Houston, the evolution of the country's Vietnamese community can be seen in the differing outlooks and experiences of each generation
By Ryan Anders • Jul 05, 2021

Mar 31, 2021 • 3 min read
Myanmar coup

US orders diplomats out of Myanmar as violence spirals

The United States on March 31 ordered the departure of non-essential diplomats from Myanmar, amid growing violence following the military coup to oust civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy party
By Agence France-Presse • Mar 31, 2021

Mar 23, 2021 • 5 min read
Myanmar coup

Myanmar military brass hit with new US, EU sanctions over coup

The EU and US added new sanctions on top police and military commanders within Myanmar's armed forces on March 22 for their role in the February 1 coup. Meanwhile, pro-democracy demonstrators went back to the streets in defiance of a violent crackdown on protest.
By Agence France-Presse • Mar 23, 2021

Mar 01, 2021 • 10 min read
History

Photography book remembers Cambodian refugee resettlement in Chicago

Photographer Stuart Isett spent three years photographing Chicago's small Cambodian community in the early 90s. Thirty years later, his photos are resurfacing in a new book drawing attention back to a little-remembered generation of Cambodian-Americans in the US
By Kiana Duncan • Mar 01, 2021

Mar 01, 2021 • 15 min read
Identity

An exploration of food and identity among the Cambodian American diaspora

Food is an essential part of life. The food that we eat, the food that we crave, and the food that we choose to put into our bodies play a deep role into our identity and how we see ourselves
By Cambodian American Literary Arts Association • Mar 01, 2021