By Mehmet Enes Beşer Southeast Asia’s most lifeblood river, the Mekong, is being confronted with increasingly intense ecological and geopolitical stresses. Hydropower dams, especially on the upper Mekong, have controlled its flow, disturbed ecosystems, and compromised the food and water security of millions. Vietnam, located at the river’s delta and therefore most vulnerable to upstream decisions, has rightly made water ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer As the world’s food system is being increasingly stretched to the breaking point by climate change, geopolitical rivalry, and resource scarcity, agricultural cooperation is no longer a humanitarian policy agenda—now it’s a national security and regional stability issue. For Türkiye and Cambodia, both equally dependent on the health of their respective river basins—the Fırat (Euphrates) and ...