This document provides an agenda for a policy forum on understanding China's Belt and Road Initiative and its Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Framework. The forum includes multiple panel discussions on topics such as the geopolitical implications of the Belt and Road Initiative for Asia, transboundary water cooperation in the Mekong region, emerging cooperation issues under the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Framework, and challenges and trends for Southeast Asian media in reporting on the Mekong and China's role. The event was held on September 3rd, 2018 at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Understanding the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Framework and China's Role in the Mekong Region
This document provides an agenda for a policy forum on understanding China's Belt and Road Initiative and its Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Framework. The forum includes multiple panel discussions on topics such as the geopolitical implications of the Belt and Road Initiative for Asia, transboundary water cooperation in the Mekong region, emerging cooperation issues under the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Framework, and challenges and trends for Southeast Asian media in reporting on the Mekong and China's role. The event was held on September 3rd, 2018 at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.
This document provides an agenda for a policy forum on understanding China's Belt and Road Initiative and its Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Framework. The forum includes multiple panel discussions on topics such as the geopolitical implications of the Belt and Road Initiative for Asia, transboundary water cooperation in the Mekong region, emerging cooperation issues under the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Framework, and challenges and trends for Southeast Asian media in reporting on the Mekong and China's role. The event was held on September 3rd, 2018 at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.
implications for Asia Moderator: Asst. Prof. Dr. Carl Middleton, Center for POLICY FORUM Social Development Studies, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University Dr. Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Institute of Security and UNDERSTANDING THE International Studies (ISIS), Chulalongkorn University Mr. Li Hong, Permanent Mission of the People's LANCANG-MEKONG Republic of China to the United Nations Benjamin Zawacki, Independent Analyst COOPERATION FRAMEWORK Amantha Perera, Journalist
AND CHINA’S ROLE IN THE Transboundary Water Cooperation –
Progress and Challenges MEKONG REGION Moderator: Dr. Ukrist Pathmanand, Mekong Research Center, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn 3 SEPTEMBER 2018 | 09.00 - 17.00 University Dr. Anoulak Kittikhoun, Mekong River Commission Dr. John Dore, Australia's Department of Foreign ALUMNI MEETING ROOM - 12TH FLOOR Affairs and Trade Maureen Harris, International Rivers FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY Rise of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Framework: Emerging cooperation issues Moderator: Kamol Sukin, China Dialogue Courtney Weatherby, Stimson Center This event will be broadcasted on Facebook Live Chayanis Krittasudthacheewa, Stockholm www.facebook.com/CSDSChula/ Environment Institute Apichai Sunchindah, Independent Analyst
Reporting on the Mekong and China’s role:
Trends, challenges and successes for Southeast Asia’s media Moderator: Sim Kok Eng Amy, Earth Journalism Network Wang Yan, News China Zayar Hlaing, Mawkun magazine - Myanmar Ketkhuanchai Malychansy, Lao News Agency Supalak Ganjanakhundee, The Nation