Swords Into Plowshares
Observations on Global Politics and the Quest for Peace and Justice
SelectedWorks
From the Killing Fields to UNESCO
In 1976, Sichan Siv escaped across the border of Cambodia into Thailand, having spent a year in forced labor camps. While in Thailand, he became a Buddhist monk. A short time later, he was resettled as a refugee in Wallingford, Connecticut. He worked for a time as a cab driver in Manhattan before taking on a variety of positions in international development and government relations.
During the administration of George H. W. Bush, Siv served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Public Liaison and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs. From 1993 to 2001, he worked in banking and finance before becoming the senior adviser to the International Republican Institute. In October 2001, he was appointed to his current position: U.S. Representative to the U.N. Economic and Social Council.
Ambassador Siv's story--from refugee to ambassador--is the classic tale of the American dream. (Even more remarkable, however, is the transformation from Buddhist monk to prominent Republican.)
Robert E. Williams, Jr.
Christmas and Politics
Last-Minute Shopping
Letelier's Son Speaks
Falluja on Film
Asylum in Iceland?
Litigating Global Warming
God's Clock
Afghan Detainees
Kyoto, 2004
Women, War and the Environment
International Human Rights Day
The Genocide Convention
Can't Anybody Count?
Jeannette Rankin
The Environment and the Apocalypse
Forbidden Photo
The A. Q. Khan Network
Killing Those Who Count the Dead?
Exit Strategy: Bosnia
Danforth Resigns
Omarska
Universal Jurisdiction and Abu Ghraib
The Day My God Died