What Is Your Ten Minutes Worth?

About the Book

I hope you will enjoy reading articles in this book as much as I did. I hope the book will inspire and have positive impact on your realizing your potential and capability and inspire you to do something that you haven’t tried before. Each of you came across this book as I did come across Dr. Peang-Meth’s first article by chance—but it is by choice that I put his articles together into a book, and I hope that you, by choice, too, will own this book. All proceeds from the book will contribute to further promote other Khmer scholars’ writings in the social science field so that their scholarships, their visions, can be shared and used to contribute to nation-building of the Khmer motherland. Furthermore, it is my hope to augment the understanding of Khmer intergenerations—the elder Khmer scholars who survived Pol Pot’s killing fields and the young Khmer scholars who are faced with national and international challenge in the twenty-first century—both groups that need to explore and exchange what are the “Khmer” that they have in common, in interests and values, to build peace and security, promote democracy and economic growth for all Khmers in Cambodia, as well as for the people in less developed and developing countries, so they can enjoy “life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness” and realize their potential and capacity to compete within their countries, between nation-states in the regions, and in the world. Sovathana Sokhom

About the Author

The Author Gaffar Peang-Meth, of Russey-keo, Kandal, Cambodia, holds a BA degree in political science from Hiram College, an MA from Georgetown University, and a PhD from the University of Michigan. He was press attaché at the Embassy of the Khmer Republic in Washington, D.C., 1973–1975; initiated resettlement of Khmer refugees; helped institute resistance support committees; and joined the Khmer People’s National Liberation Front in the field from 1980 to 1989. He taught at Johns Hopkins University in 1990; at the University of Guam from 1991 to 2004. He writes columns for the Pacific Daily News and the Asian Human Rights Commission. E-mail: peangmeth@yahoo.com. The Compiler and Editor Sovathana Sokhom, of Kompong Charm, Cambodia, holds BA degrees in political science and economics from St. Olaf College, MBA International Trade from Texas A&M International University, MA International Political Economy from Claremont Graduate University, and is a PhD candidate in politics and economics at Claremont Graduate University. She taught at the Faculty of Business in Phnom Penh, 1994–1996, and was funded by international organizations as an advisor to the secretary-general of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, 1996–2000. She taught at Marymount College 2007–2008; currently, she is an adjunct professor in economics department at Loyola Marymount University. E-Mail: sokhomsv@gmail.com