Southeast Asia
Program Publications
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March 22, 2013 / By Chhith Sam Ath, Danny Marks
The NGO Forum’s Campaign Against Xayaburi
Since the beginning of 2011, the Rivers Coalition in Cambodia (RCC), led by the NGO Forum on Cambodia, has worked ceaselessly to demand the cancellation of Xayaburi Dam. RCC has taken
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March 12, 2013 / By Richard Cronin
LETTER FROM THE MEKONG: Examining Hydropower Dams
NOTE: Stimson Senior Associate Rich Cronin and Research Associate Zach Dubel recently returned from a trip to Laos and Thailand to examine the status and future of hydropower dams on
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January 29, 2013 / By Alan D. Romberg, Yuki Tatsumi, Richard Cronin
Presidential Inbox 2013: Find the Right Balance in Asia Policy
The Presidential Inbox series gives Stimson experts a chance to offer their views on key international security challenges and pragmatic steps the Obama Administration can take to
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October 09, 2012
A Primer on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
By Sheryl Tibung | October 9, 2012
What is the TPP?
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, otherwise known as the TPP is envisioned to be a multilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that would
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August 28, 2012 / By Richard Cronin, Zach Dubel
Maritime Security in East Asia: Boundary Disputes, Resources, and the Future of Regional Stability
Maritime territorial disputes increasingly threaten the peace and stability of East Asia. Currently three areas of maritime East Asia involve the most consequential disputes: in the
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August 14, 2012 / By Richard Cronin, Zach Dubel
Sea of Absurdity: Sansha, China’s New Island “City”
Conflicting maritime boundary claims in the South China Sea are serious business involving potentially North Sea-scale offshore oil and gas deposits; fisheries that are increasingly
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August 09, 2012
Xayaburi Reaching A Critical Point
By Nhina Le | August 9, 2012
The World Bank has blacklisted the Pöyry Group, which has faced criticism on its research into the Xayaburi hydro dam project. According to the Bank's
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July 02, 2012 / By Zach Dubel
Regional Implications for China’s Newest Oil Rig
The May 9th launch of a new oil rig by the Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is a fresh cause of concern among observers of the South China Sea. Some believe that China
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April 19, 2012 / By Richard Cronin
China and the Geopolitics of the Mekong River Basin
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
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April 04, 2012 / By Chheang Vannarith
A Cambodian Perspective on Mekong River Water Security
By Chheang Vannarith, Executive Director
Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP)
Water scarcity is getting more serious in the region, as it is driven by population
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February 03, 2012 / By Richard Cronin
Mekong Turning Point: Shared River for a Shared Future
The political economy of the Mekong River Basin shifted in 2011 from policies that exploited this transboundary resource shared by China and five Southeast Asian countries, to
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December 08, 2011 / By Dao Trong Tu
A Vietnamese Perspective on Proposed Mainstream Mekong Dams
A short discussion on the hydropower dam system on the Mekong River mainstream and its impacts to Mekong delta
By Dao Trong Tu. Ph. D
CEWAREC- Vietnam
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December 06, 2011 / By Richard Cronin
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
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September 21, 2011 / By Teerapong Pomun
A Thai Perspective on Proposed Mainstream Mekong Dams
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The Mekong River is very important for millions of local communities along
the mainstream and its tributaries who depend heavily on the river's natural
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July 13, 2011 / By Richard Cronin
China’s Claims in the South China Sea
Incidents at sea in mid-2011 involving Chinese maritime patrol vessels and geological survey ships deployed by Vietnam have sharply ratcheted up long-standing tensions over conflicting
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November 10, 2010
Obama’s Asia Policy after the Midterms
President Obama was criticized by many last November for asserting his intention of becoming the first “Pacific President.” One year later, with Secretary Clinton just returning from
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September 23, 2010 / By Richard Cronin
Testimony before Senate Foreign Relations Hearing on Water and Security in Southeast Asia
Statement of Richard P. Cronin
Director, Southeast Asia Program
Stimson Center, Washington, DC
Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Hearing on Challenges to Water and
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April 07, 2010 / By Richard Cronin
Mekong Tipping Point
The October 1991 Paris Peace Accords on Cambodia closed the book on four decades of bitter conflict in the Mekong region of Southeast Asia. The Accords created new opportunities for
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February 04, 2010 / By Richard Cronin
China’s Activities in Southeast Asia and the Implications for U.S. Interests
Hearing statement
February 4, 2010
Dr. Richard P. Cronin
Senior Associate and Director, Southeast Asia Program
The Stimson Center
Washington, DC
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Testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and -
January 31, 2009 / By Richard Cronin, Amit Pandya
Exploiting Natural Resources: Growth, Instability, and Conflict in the Middle East and Asia
Exploiting Natural Resources: Growth, Instability, and Conflict in the Middle East and Asia presents views on the unsustainable exploitation of three key natural resources - forests,
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January 08, 2009 / By Richard Cronin
China’s Falling Growth and US Hopes for Stabilizing the Global Economy: Mind the Gap
By Dr. Richard Cronin
The Challenge
The accelerating meltdown of the global economic and financial system has caught the United States off guard. China, now the largest holder of US
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August 21, 2008 / By Nguyen Vo Dan Sinh
The Political Economy of Hydropower Dam Construction in Vietnam
The recent surge in the development of economic infrastructure in the six countries that share the 5,800 kilometer long Mekong River, most controversially hydropower dams, has ignited
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May 02, 2008
Commercial Transportation on the Mekong River
The Mekong River has provided a means of transportation for thousands of years. Recent efforts have focused on improving the commercial navigability of the water course, led to a large
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October 11, 2007 / By Richard Cronin
China in the Eyes of its Neighbors: Notes from a trip to four lower Mekong countries and Japan
In a subregion defined by a 4,880 kilometer-long river system, worries about a too powerful China include both nontraditional and conventional security elements, but broader geopolitical
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March 26, 2007 / By Richard Cronin
Destructive Mekong Dams: Critical Need for Transparency
The once war-ravaged Mekong River Basin is under new assault by the relentless forces of development and globalization, with energy-hungry China leading the charge. Also known as the
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December 10, 2005 / By Richard Cronin
The North Korean Nuclear Threat and the US-Japan Security Alliance
"The North Korean Nuclear Threat and the US-Japan Security Alliance" (Fletcher Forum, Winter 2005)
The problem of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has emerged as the
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February 20, 2004 / By Richard Cronin
Growth and Governance in Asia: Significance for Regional Growth and Stability
