Southeast Asia
Stimson's Mekong Policy Project focuses on the transboundary, human security, and regional political impacts of proposed hydropower dams on the Mekong River mainstream. Over the past three years we have engaged in a multi-venue program of interviews, workshops and speaking events, sharing our political economy perspective and analysis while deepening our own understanding and knowledge of the region and its challenges, especially that of cooperative and environmentally sustainable development. Building on this momentum in 2012, our innovative approach includes working with local civil society organizations, organizing an interactive scenario-based workshop on Mekong River development policy issues in Bangkok, and engaging with government officials, both US and regional.
Research News
Mekong Interactive Map
The Mekong Policy Project is excited to present its latest intreactive tool which compiles and presents information on existing and proposed mainstream Mekong hydropower projects. The map looks at the all dams currently proposed or in operation on the Mekong River. The Mekong River, nursery of mainland Southeast Asian civilization and source of food security and livelihoods for
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Mekong Policy Project: Visualizing Science for Sustainable Development
The Mekong Policy Project is excited to present its latest interactive tool which compiles and presents information on existing and proposed mainstream Mekong hydropower projects. These include the program's latest report and video, Mekong Tipping Point, and an interactive mapping tool that displays detailed information on the dams under construction on the Mekong
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Shared River, Shared Future: Interactive Workshop on Mekong River Development
The Stimson Center's Mekong Policy Project held an interactive workshop in Bangkok during July 17-19, 2011, focused on current plans for building hydropower dams on the mainstream of the Lower Mekong River. The scenario-based workshop will be held with the assistance of Partnerships for International Strategies in Asia (PISA). Role playing activities will examine the
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Laos’ Xayaburi Dam Decision Requires a “Mekong Standard”
The Economic Ministers from the four member countries of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) - Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam - are meeting this week in Siem Reap, Cambodia, for a second attempt at resolving concerns about a large dam that Laos wants to build across the mainstream of the Mekong River, in its northern Xayaburi Province. In April 2010, at a special
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Suspended Investment: China and Myanmar’s Resource Relations
Infrastructure development in Myanmar (Burma), especially the construction of large hydropower dams, is providing yet another source to fuel conflicts between ethnic minority militias and the country's military. On September 30, a surprising announcement by the country's new civilian President, Thein Sein, a former general, suspended the development of the
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Infographics
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October 04, 2011
Interactive Myanmar Map -
October 12, 2011
Interactive Mekong Map
Videos
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August 31, 2011
Dr. Tom Cochrane and Dr. Thanapon Piman at Stimson -
August 22, 2011
Planet Forward speaks with Dr. Richard Cronin about the Mekong -
September 20, 2010
Mekong Tipping Point (Vietnamese Version)
