China’s Power Game in the Mekong: Pressure and Inducement

This issue of Panorama: Insights into Asian and European Affairs addresses multilateral cooperation of global interest, looking at the COVID-19 pandemic and country studies in Asia and Europe with implications for regional and international security as well as assessing challenging multilateral collaborations in both regions on a case-by-case basis.

The issue ends with how it started – China's influence. This time by looking at the Mekong, which is the lifeline for roughly 260 million people and the multilateral cooperation efforts attempting to solve the Mekong region’s many challenges.

With a wealth of Asian and European perspectives on multilateralism, this Panorama issue provides insights on each region’s own attempts and struggles to find joint solutions for common challenges. Additionally, it also becomes very clear that Asia and Europe are linked through multilateral cooperation and overlapping interests, which will likely grow stronger in the years ahead.