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ASEAN Membership
asian
Author_Evelyn Goh
basin
Benign Regional Power
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china
China Southeast Asian Relations
collective action theory
environmental conflict resolution
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FDI Inflow
FDI Net Inflow
hydropolitics
Hydropower Development
Large Scale Irrigation Projects
Lower Mekong
Lower Mekong Basin
Lower Mekong Countries
Mainland East Asia
Manwan Dam
Mekong Agreement
Mekong Basin
Mekong Countries
Mekong Mainstream
Mekong Riparian States
Mekong River Basin
MRC Framework
Nam Theun II
political economy development
regional integration studies
relations
riparian
Riparian States
river
sea
Sino Southeast Asian Relations
Socioeconomic Development
south
southeast
states
transboundary water governance
water resource management in Southeast Asia
Water Utilisation Programme
Yali Falls Dam
Product details
- ISBN 9781138406162
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Jun 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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In Southeast Asia, China‘s growing economic and political strength has been accompanied by adept diplomacy and active promotion of regional cooperation, institutions and integration. Southeast Asian states and China engage in ‘strategic regionalism : they seek regional membership for regime legitimation and collective bargaining; and regional integration to enhance economic development, regarded as essential for ensuring national and regime security. Sino-Southeast Asian regionalism is exemplified by the development plans for the Mekong River basin, where ambitious projects for building regional infrastructural linkages and trade contribute to mediating the security concerns of the Mekong countries. However, Mekong regionalism also generates new insecurities. Developing the resources of the Mekong has led to serious challenges in terms of governance, distribution and economic externalities. Resource-allocation and exploitation conflicts occur most obviously within the realm of water projects, especially hydropower development programmes. While such disputes are not likely to erupt into armed conflict because of the power asymmetry between China and the lower Mekong states, they exacerbate Southeast Asian concerns about China‘s rise and undermine Chinese rhetoric about peaceful development. But the negative security consequences of developing the Mekong are also due to the shared economic imperative, and the Southeast Asian states own difficulties with collective action due to existing intramural conflicts.
Evelyn Goh is a University Lecturer in International Relations at St Anne's College, Oxford.
