Beyond the Mekong: Regional Experience and Institution-Building in River Basin Governance
Cross-border river governance is a classic regional cooperation problem: misaligned upstream and downstream interests, insufficient data sharing and fragmented institutions. This article compares governance experience in Asia’s main basins and discusses the conditions for water diplomacy to move from crisis response to institutionalisation.
The Indian Ocean’s Public Goods Problem: Shipping Lanes, Climate Risk and Regional Cooperation
The Indian Ocean carries vital global shipping traffic and faces multiple climate and security pressures. This article maps the issue structure of regional governance: how lane security, the ocean economy and climate resilience intertwine, and where regional cooperation should start.
Asia Regional Risk Watch: data-driven scenario tracking
Regional risk assessment often remains qualitative. This programme aims to build an open, verifiable framework that tracks political, economic and security dynamics in Asia through structured indicators and publishes an annual outlook report.
How Regional Institutions Respond to Cross-Border Disasters: Comparative Observations from Southeast Asian Cases (research note)
Cross-border disaster governance has long been treated as a “low politics” entry point for regional cooperation. This case note compares how mechanisms were invoked and coordination stalled in several Southeast Asian cross-border disaster responses, and draws testable hypotheses.
From Dialogue Density to Institutional Effectiveness: Knowledge Collaboration Pathways in Asian Regional Governance
Asia hosts one of the world’s densest networks of dialogue and institutions, but the number of dialogues does not equal governance quality. This article proposes a framework that moves from “density” to “effectiveness”, discussing three dimensions for assessing regional institutions and entry points for knowledge collaboration.
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