A Study on Subregional Governance in East Asia: A Case Study of the Formation Process of a Greater Mekong Subregion
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Date (from‐to) : 2013/04 -2017/03
Author : TAGA Hidetoshi; SATO Yukio; SASAOKA Yuichi; TAKEMURA Taku; OKUSAKO Hajime; HORIUCHI Kenji; MINETA Shiro; KOMATSU Hiroshi
This study focuses on the importance of the role of regional cross-border cooperation (subregions) in the international order after the Cold War. One of them, the Greater Mekong Subregion(GMS), was linked to the national strategies of neighboring countries, and difficulties as well as areas for cooperation were observed. The research findings show changes in national and local government relations and the involvement of various non-state actors in China, Thailand, Vietnam, and other countries that occurred with the development of the GMS. Consequently, the expansion of a new cross-border public space from the "bottom" has transformed the sovereign state system and the security order, and the changes have been partially confirmed in the GMS.