1st Edition

Developing the Mekong Regionalism and Regional Security in China–Southeast Asian Relations

By Evelyn Goh Copyright 2007
74 Pages
by Routledge

74 Pages
by Routledge

71 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

Introduction 1. The Regionalism–Security Nexus in China’s Relations with Southeast Asia 2. The Mekong Region 3. Development Cooperation and Regionalism 4. Regionalism and Regional Security  Conclusion

Biography

Evelyn Goh is a University Lecturer in International Relations at St Anne's College, Oxford.