Curriculum Vitae

 Name:  Dr KAO Kim Hourn 
  
Education
 
-    B.A. Asian Studies / Political Science, Baylor University, Texas
-    M.A. Political Science, Ohio University, Ohio
-    M.A. in International Affairs (M.A.I.A.), Ohio University, Ohio
-    Ph.D. Political Science, University of Hawaii, Monoa, Hawaii 
  
Current Appointments
 
-    Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Royal Government of Cambodia
-    President and Founder, The University of Cambodia 
  
Previous Appointments
 
-    Adviser, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (with the rank Under Secretary of State), August 2001 - July 2004
-    Executive Director, Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP), 1994 - 2004
-    Secretary General, CSCAP Cambodia, 1994 - 2004
-    Eminent Intellectual for the ASEAN+3 Study Group on the Promotion and Facilitation of Exchange of People and Human Resource Development, 2003
-    Member of the International Council, The Asia Society, 2002 - 2003
-    Member, the Supreme National Economic Council (SNEC), (with the rank of Minister), Cambodia, 1999 - 2001
-    Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Cambodia, 1996 - 1998 
  
Awards
 
-    Royal Government of Cambodia's Award for contribution to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (2003)
-    Royal Government of Cambodia's Award for contribution to the Royal Government of Cambodia (2003) 
  
Selected Publications
 
-    Whispering in the Ears of Power: The Role of ASEAN Track-Two Diplomacy (Phnom Penh: CICP, 2003)
-    Cambodia Foreign Policy and ASEAN: From Nonalignment to Engagement (Phnom Penh: CICP, 2002)
-    "Cambodia's Security in 2001," in Christopher A. McNally and Charles E. Morrison (Tokyo: JCIE, 2001) and "Cambodia's Security in 2000," in Richard Baker and Charles E. Morrison, eds., Asia Pacific Security Outlook 2000 (Tokyo: JCIE, 2000)
-    "The Challenges of Intervention for Cambodian Think Tanks," in Diane Stone, ed., Banking on Knowledge: The Genesis of the Global Development Network (London: Routledge, 2000)
-    The Greater Mekong Subregion and ASEAN: From Backwaters to Headwaters, co-edited with Jeffrey A. Kaplan, (Phnom Penh: CICP,2000)
-    Principles under Pressure: Cambodia and ASEAN's Non-Interference Policy, co-edited with Jeffrey A. Kaplan (Phnom Penh: CICP, 1999)
-    ASEAN-10 is Born: Commemorating Cambodia's Entry into ASEAN, complied (Phnom Penh: CICP, 1999)
-    Cambodian Approach to Conflict Resolution, co-authored with Samraing Kamsan, (Phnom Penh: CICP,1998)
-    Dynamo or Dynamite?: Cambodia's Future in ASEAN, co-edited with Jeffrey A. Kaplan, (London: ASEAN Academic Press, 1998)
-    "Cambodia and the International Community: The Road Ahead," in Frederick Z. Brown and David G. Timberman (eds.) Cambodia and the International Community: The Quest for Peace Development, and Democracy, (New York and Singapore: Asia Society and Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1998)
-    Peace and Cooperation in ASEAN: Alternative Paradigms, co-edited with Din Merican, London: ASEAN Academic Press, 1997
-    ASEAN Free Trade Agreement: Implications and Future Directions, co-edited with Sara Kanter, London: ASEAN Academic Press, 1997