China and the Geopolitics of the Mekong River Basin

The original version of this article, by Richard Cronin, appeared in World Politics Review.Two decades after the Paris Peace Accord that ended the proxy war in Cambodia, the Mekong Basin has re-emerged as a region of global significance. The rapid infrastructure-led integration of a region some call “Asia’s last frontier” has created tensions between and … Continue reading China and the Geopolitics of the Mekong River Basin