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Abstract: "The
Changing Face of Mekong Resource Politics in the Post-Cold War Era: Re-negotiating
arrangements for water resource management in the Lower Mekong River Basin
(1991-1995)" Complete Paper (pdf
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This paper is about the management of
inter-governmental conflict over resource use in the Lower Mekong River
Basin for the years 1991-1995. The paper takes as its focus a dispute over
water use among the riparian nations, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Particular attention is paid to strong tensions played out between Thailand
and Vietnam. The paper argues that the resolution of this dispute brought
revolutionary change to the Mekong subregion, through which Thailand held
a new pre-eminence in Mekong politics. Given this, such change also pointed
to a form of Mekong association that was mutually agreed upon as functionally
and politically significant by the four co-riparians. In analysing this
outcome, the paper concludes that substantive matters remain at issue among
the key protagonists and are likely to necessitate further negotiated change
in the near future.
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