Chinas Hydro-Politics in the Mekong - Conflict and Cooperation in Light of Securitization Theory

Informationen zum Autor Sebastian Biba is Lecturer at the Institute of Political Science at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. Zusammenfassung This book explores the conflict and cooperation over water resources in the Mekong river basin. It scrutinizes the spring 2010 Mekong crisis and events surrounding it which led to a series of security-related interactions with China. The book embeds China?s Mekong hydro-politics in the bigger picture of its international affairs. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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• Authors: Sebastian Biba, Sebastian (Goethe University Biba, Sebastian (Goethe University Frankfurt Biba
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781138553606
• ISBN: 978-1-138-55360-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series; Routledge Contemporary China Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; China, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, International Relations, Cambodia, Drought & Water Supply, Drought and water supply