Suhardiman D. auteur aut IRD Giordano M. auteur aut IRD Molle François auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access This article provides an institutional analysis of the Mekong River Commission and brings to light the institutional dissonances between regional and national decision-making landscapes in the Lower Mekong Basin. The current scalar disconnect between regional and national decision-making processes reflects how international donors and member country representatives obscure potential conflict/tension in transboundary water governance in the Mekong. From a scholarly perspective, it questions academic approaches that assume that the state is the sole or primary actor in international relations. specialized government bureaucracy international donors Mekong spatial linkages transboundary water governance 098 062 25 6 572-586 2012 0894-1920 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010055914 10.1080/08941920.2011.604398 0894-1920 [F B010055914] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010055914 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2012/06/010055914.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2012-07-04 2017-08-23 fdi:010055914 fre