Wednesday October 11 5:00-6:00 pm
Eaton Humanities 135
Professor Nguyen Minh Quang, a visiting scholar from Vietnam, will speak about the 'conflict' between key players and actors in the Mekong region's green politics – governments and investors vs. local CSOs/NGOs supported by western donors – focusing on recent developments and contests in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Professor Nguyen will emphasize how the geopolitical competition in the region has implications for the US and other western investors and stakeholders.
Nguyen Minh Quang is a geopolitics lecturer at Can Tho University in Vietnam and co-founder of the Mekong Environment Forum. He has specialized in conflict management (Southeast Asia), environmental security issues (Lower Mekong Subregion), and Vietnamese domestic politics over the last decade. His book chapters, commentaries, and articles appeared in publications, including Springer, Routledge, ISI/Scopus-indexed journals, The Diplomat, and East Asia Forum. Since 2017, he has delivered a number of papers and guest lectures to regional and international conferences, including COP27 in Egypt, and foreign universities. His latest edited book is The Political Economy of Education Reforms in Vietnam (Routledge 2022).
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