The emerging power play in the Mekong subregion: a Japanese perspective
As one of the most active development donors in Southeast Asia, Japan has committed to socioeconomic development in the Mekong subregion since the end of the Cold War. However, as the Sino-U.S. rivalry intensifies, socioeconomic development in Asia, including the Mekong subregion, has become a theat...
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| description | As one of the most active development donors in Southeast Asia, Japan has committed to socioeconomic development in the Mekong subregion since the end of the Cold War. However, as the Sino-U.S. rivalry intensifies, socioeconomic development in Asia, including the Mekong subregion, has become a theater for strategic competition. In 2013, China initiated the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), raising its economic and political influence in the region through massive development assistance. For its part, Japan launched the Partnership for Quality Infrastructure (PQI) in 2015 to boost its assistance to Asia, and Tokyo strengthened its development cooperation with like-minded partners, particularly the United States, by establishing joint frameworks such as the OPIC-JBIC-Australia agreement on development finance in 2018 and the Blue Dot Network in 2019. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1625062023-03-05T15:32:59Z The emerging power play in the Mekong subregion: a Japanese perspective Koga, Kei School of Social Sciences Social sciences::Political science Mekong Subregion Japanese Perspective As one of the most active development donors in Southeast Asia, Japan has committed to socioeconomic development in the Mekong subregion since the end of the Cold War. However, as the Sino-U.S. rivalry intensifies, socioeconomic development in Asia, including the Mekong subregion, has become a theater for strategic competition. In 2013, China initiated the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), raising its economic and political influence in the region through massive development assistance. For its part, Japan launched the Partnership for Quality Infrastructure (PQI) in 2015 to boost its assistance to Asia, and Tokyo strengthened its development cooperation with like-minded partners, particularly the United States, by establishing joint frameworks such as the OPIC-JBIC-Australia agreement on development finance in 2018 and the Blue Dot Network in 2019. Published version 2022-10-26T01:31:31Z 2022-10-26T01:31:31Z 2022 Journal Article Koga, K. (2022). The emerging power play in the Mekong subregion: a Japanese perspective. Asia Policy, 17(2), 28-34. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/asp.2022.0023 1559-0968 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162506 10.1353/asp.2022.0023 2-s2.0-85131430407 2 17 28 34 en Asia Policy © 2022 The National Bureau of Asian Research. All Rights Reserved. This paper was published in Asia Policy and is made available with permission of The National Bureau of Asian Research. application/pdf |
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| title | The emerging power play in the Mekong subregion: a Japanese perspective |
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