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Is the Mekong subregion destined to be subsumed into a power play of China versus Japan and the United States? This essay argues that Japan does not always aim to counterbalance China's growing influence in the Mekong subregion and could even play a role to ease geopolitical tensions in the region. Although the intensified U.S.-China strategic competition narrows Japan's diplomatic space to engage China, the Mekong subregion is still a potential area for Japan-China cooperation, mitigating the negative impact of great-power rivalry. Under the condition that China meets "quality infrastructure" standards, Japan and China could explore cooperation on development policy through a working-level bilateral dialogue, the ASEAN +3 (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations members plus China, Japan, and South Korea), and the East Asia Summit. The Development of Japan-Mekong Relations Japan's development commitment to the Mekong subregion began near the end of the Cold War, when Vietnam and Laos moved to become market 1 The OPIC-JBIC-Australia agreement is between the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, and Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The Blue Dot Network is a multilateral initiative launched by the United States, Japan, and Australia.
In 2012, the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), an initiative launched by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to promote regional integration and development between six mainland Southeast Asian countries, will reach its twentieth anniversary. Throughout the past twenty years, the GMS has been considered as highly successful, in comparison with other regional initiatives, in improving connectivity, competitiveness and development, with a particular emphasis on infrastructural development, which has facilitated trade between its member countries. Part of its success has been down to the capacity of the ADB and other external actors, such as Japan, in funding its projects. Therefore it has been the aim of this research to understand how and why Japan has funded these projects, and through using a multi-disciplinary framework, explore the various interests involved
Asian Perspective
The Mekong Region, Regional Integration, and Political Rivalry among ASEAN, China and Japan2010 •
Although the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, and Japan commonly recognize that development of the Mekong region is indispensable for achieving the smooth promotion of regional integration in East Asia, their approaches to this issue have been diverse and redundant. While ASEAN has exhibited interest in Mekong development since the mid-1990s, its members’ commitments have showed significant disparity. The Chinese government has identified close links with the Mekong region as a key to advance political and economic linkages as well as to sustain the development of its underdeveloped southern areas. Japan’s Mekong policy has shifted from developmental to geopolitical, combining formal institutions, financial resources, and normative ideas. Such a strategic orientation aims to balance China’s growing influence by fostering direct political linkages with the Mekong countries. Weak coordination in approach to and interests in Mekong development has had negative impacts on institution building in East Asia. ASEAN’s limitation to coordinate development programs has undermined its credibility as the central body to advance institution building in the region. The different approaches of China and Japan have intensified rivalry on institution building in East Asia, disturbing the evolution of ASEAN+3 institutions in the development field.
Thammasat Review
Changing Regional Dynamics in the Greater Mekong Subregion: The Rivalry between Japan, China and the US and the Impacts to Regional Connectivity2022 •
This paper analyses the impact of the economic and political rivalry between Japan, China and the US upon the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). The rivalry is part of the amicable and hostile relations between superpowers within the international system and has significant impacts on regional economic and political arrangements. The emergence of the 'Free and Open Indo-Pacific' (FOIP) by Japan was welcomed by the US, India, and Australia and brought new factors and conditions to the region. Many scholars argue that the FOIP was a strategy to balance China's power in the region. The growing power of China's regional development projects under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) change the geopolitical and geo-economics configuration in the region significantly. BRI itself integrates many parts of the world into China's international production network and sphere of influence. This paper argues that the geopolitical rivalry between Japan, China and the US shaped the regional connectivity development in the GMS area. It integrated the GMS into broader geopolitical and geopolitical strategies which are FOIP and China's BRI.
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The Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation Programme (the GMS Programme) is one of the most important projects financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Lots of ink has been spilt on explaining the relations between the ADB and Japanese government. However, there are a few studies give details about Japanese role towards the subregion by elucidating the relations between Japanese interests and the EWEC. This paper, thus, will elaborate upon Japanese intentions and interests in the subregion by advances that the EWEC was established by Japanese public companies and research institutes.
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