China's Hydro-Politics in the Mekong: Conflict and Cooperation in Light of Securitization Theory

ISBN-13: 9781138553606 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 196 str.

Sebastian Biba

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Sebastian Biba is Lecturer at the Institute of Political Science at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.