Vietnam's Security Objectives in Mekong Basin Governance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12814290 |
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| Authors | Oliver Hensengerth (0000-0002-6565-692X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 101-127 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Vietnamese Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1559-372X • E-ISSN: 1559-3738 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/vs.2008.3.2.101 |
| OpenAlex | W1998851170 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
The paper examines Vietnam's foreign policy as it translates into strategies toward subregional cooperation in the Mekong Basin. Using transboundary water cooperation as an example, the article argues that Vietnam's prime motivation in Mekong River cooperation is economic development for performance legitimacy. Environmental issues are raised, but only in relation to powerful upstream countries, while Vietnam itself poses similar challenges to less powerful downstream countries. The need for performance legitimacy thus conveys all relevance to the economically oriented Greater Mekong Subregion, while the Mekong River Commission, a basin organization with a mandate to combine economic development with environmental considerations, is sidelined
Business · Commission · Corporate governance · Economics · Environmental governance · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Legitimacy · Mandate · Mekong delta · Mekong river · Political science · Politics · Scope (computer science · Structural basin · Upstream (networking · Water resource management · Environmental Science · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Transboundary Water Resource Management · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
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| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |