Unveiling the Mekong’s Geostrategic Chessboard: Navigating Superpower

The political significance attached to the nomenclature reflects the subregion’s competitive nature and the struggle for influence in intercountry relations. [...] In order to understand the mechanism that promotes security in the region, the author begins by analysing the security situation in the region, which has significant implications for important state politics. [...] The issue of international relations with great powers affecting the Mekong subregion revolves around the engagement of great powers with various countries in various projects, mainly concerning the security of the Southeast Asian region as a whole. [...] This leads to financial, debt, and environmental issues that draw the Mekong subregion into the global economic system, reshaping the geopolitical landscape of the Mekong subregion in terms of transportation and production networks. [...] Russia: In the context of the Mekong Subregion’s regional economic and political dynamics, it is evident that the rivalry amongst global powers such as the United States, China, and Japan has influenced the region.