🚨 I’ll be speaking at KITLV Leiden tomorrow (4 March) about my book "The Politics of Coercion: State and Regime Making in #Cambodia" 🚨 Join us in person or online! 📅 March 4 | 📍 KITLV, Leiden 🔗 kitlv.nl/event/loughl... #SoutheastAsia #Authoritarianism #PoliticalEconomy

My book, The Politics of Coercion: State and Regime Making in Cambodia, is now out with @cornellupress.bsky.social

New Journal Article Alert! My latest article, 'Is Chinese Investment Driving Authoritarianism?' for @comppol.bsky.social examines how #China’s #BeltandRoadInitiative (#BRI) impacted political regimes during the first decade of the BRI in #SoutheastAsia. A 🧵 #ComparativePolitics

The latest issue of Global China Pulse is out! This one delves deep into the online scam industry, and the human trafficking and cyber slavery that accompanies it. As always, it is fully Open Access and free to download. globalchinapulse.net/global-china...

New issue of Global #China Post is out! It goes deep into the #cybercrime epidemic in #southeastasia, inc my analysis of historical patterns of #Corruption and illegality in the context of #Cambodia's political settlement. globalchinapulse.net/global-china...

CAMBODIA: Despite police raids & media exposés, compounds suspected of hosting online scam rings run by trafficked labor appear to remain operational. 1/4 cambojanews.com/mystery-raid...

It's worth noting that Aun Pornmonirath has an annual salary of $12K