1st Edition
China’s Hydro-politics in the Mekong Conflict and Cooperation in Light of Securitization Theory
By Sebastian Biba
Copyright 2018
208 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
208 Pages
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Routledge
208 Pages
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Routledge
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China’s Hydro-politics in the Mekong explores the intricate processes of conflict and cooperation over the use of water resources in the Mekong river basin between upstream China and the downstream countries of Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The book tackles two gaps in the empirical literature: first, the neglect of international hydro-politics as one specific and increasingly important... Read more
1 Introduction: China and Water 2 Securitization Theory and China’s International Hydro-politics 3 China and Southeast Asia 4 China and the Mekong 5 The Spring 2010 Mekong Crisis, Part One: China Faces Criticism 6 The Spring 2010 Mekong Crisis, Part Two: China Responds 7 Conclusion: Making Sense of China’s (Mekong) Hydro-politics
Biography
Sebastian Biba is Lecturer at the Institute of Political Science at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.
