Table of Contents
About the Editors
Foreword
Water, Energy, Climate Change, and Geopolitics in the Mekong River Basin: An Introduction by Brahma Chellaney
Section 1: Water and Energy Politics
- China’s Water Diplomacy in the Mekong: Drivers and Goals by Hongzhou Zhang
- Forced Displacement and Economic Development: Assessing the Impacts of China-Funded Projects in Myanmar by Julius Cesar I. Trajano
- Will the Benefits of Laos’s Future Hydropower Infrastructure Projects Outweigh the Costs? by Jose Ma. Luis Montesclaros
- China and the Politics of Energy Demand in the Mekong Region: Responses from Laos and Cambodia by Andrea Haefner and Sovinda Po
- Reassessing the Impact of Hydropower Development Project along the Mekong River Basin in Cambodia by Rasmeykanyka Bin and Ponleu Soun
- Vietnam’s Response to China’s Growing Dominance in the Mekong: A Quest for Harmonious Coexistence by Phan Xuan Dung
- Water Politics in the Mekong Region: Vietnam’s Position in the Stakeholder Power-Interest Grid by Nhi Le Phuong Cat and Nghia Huynh Ho Dai
Section 2: Trade, Economic Development, and Labour Migration
- Trade, FDI, and Growth in CLMV: Pre- and Post-Pandemic Evolution by Jayant Menon
- COVID-19 and Rural Development in the Mekong River Region: Case Studies from Thailand and Laos by Hermann Waibel, Chompunuch Nantajit, Phouvong Phami, and Somkid Naprom
- Water Politics in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Implications and Challenges on Thailand’s Border Trade and Inbound Labour Immigration by Upalat Korwatanasakul and Wannaphong Durongkaveroj
- Labour Migration in the Mekong Region: Cambodian Workers’ Mobility and Survival Strategies by Naomi Hatsukano
- Conclusion: The Responsibility to Protect by Frederick Kliem
