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Focuses on maritime security in Southeast Asia. Impact of the emergence of terrorist activities on shipping business in the region; Terrorist organizations based in the area; Reaction of the region to maritime terrorism threat; International and regional initiatives that have been launched to improve maritime security in the region; Features of the Container Security Initiative; Tightening of export controls in the region to prevent weapons of mass distraction trafficking.

The article discusses the plan of China for a cascade of eight dams on the Mekong River. It relates that the river provides sustenance through irrigation and fishing, as well as hydroelectric power through dams. The potential impact of the plan of the country's relations with its neighbors in mainland Southeast Asia is explained. It notes that the river's source is in the glaciers high in Tibet and nearly half of it flows through China's Yunnan province before it reaches Southeast Asia.