BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//eluceo/ical//2.0/EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0412e50dd0a0f6d1ec6b062a1eea1eab DTSTAMP:20260511T064146Z SUMMARY:CANCELLED Stronger at Home\, Louder abroad: Cambodian Politics sinc e 2013 DESCRIPTION:Contact: kimhean.hok@ace.lu.se\n\nAbstractCambodia’s 2013 gen eral election delivered a shocking outcome for the Cambodian People’s Pa rty (CPP). The ruling party was challenged by a united opposition force re presented by the Cambodian National Rescue Party\, whose promise of change called into question its legitimacy and the sustainability of clientelist ic politics as the primary mechanism for mobilising votes. Thus\, unlike t he previous ones when it won by huge margins\, the CPP’s victory in 2013 was a bitter one. This talk provides an overview of the stabilisation mec hanisms activated in response to the opposition’s rise and the incumbent ’s decline\, namely social media politicking\, youth mobilisation\, and status-seeking. These mechanisms reflect the CPP’s ability to adapt to a changing society and world\, defined by the widespread use of social medi a\, the growing political significance of the youth population\, and risin g great power competition. Ten years later\, a smooth and peaceful transfe r of power from Hun Sen to Hun Manith took place\, ushering Cambodia into a new political era. This talk discusses the necessary conditions for the dynastic succession and what we can expect from the new political leadersh ip. \; \;BiographyMark Mun Vong is an independent scholar of autho ritarianism and democratization. He was a research fellow at the Democrati zing the Developmental State Hub in the Nelson Mandela School of Public Go vernance\, University of Cape Town and a lecturer in the School of Governm ent and International Relations at Griffith University. Mark’s research examines the political institutions\, state-society relations\, and intern ational behaviour of authoritarian regimes\, with a regional focus on Sout heast Asia. His research has appeared in the Journal of Contemporary Asia\ , Journal of East Asian Studies\, and South East Asia Research. He is curr ently working on a book project on the role of ruling party youth wings in authoritarian stability in Cambodia and Malaysia. \;This event is par t of the Perspective Asia Lecture Series and is organized in cooperation w ith the Graduate School in Asian Studies\n\nMore information about the eve nt: https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/calendar/cancelled-strong er-home-louder-abroad-cambodian-politics-2013 DTSTART;TZID=GMT:20251015T131500 DTEND;TZID=GMT:20251015T150000 LOCATION:online END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR