River Basin Organizations in Water Diplomacy

ISBN-13: 9780367627317 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 342 str.

Anoulak Kittikhoun; Susanne Schmeier

Opis

Will tensions and disputes among states sharing international water courses and lakes turn into active conflicts? Addressing this question, the book shows that these concerns are more prominent due to the locations and underlying political dynamics of some of these large rivers and the strategic interests of major powers.

Recenzje

"This book provides welcome insights into how river basin organizations from a range of political, cultural and physical settings have addressed sensitive development decisions. It goes beyond descriptions of institutional form and function to examine how RBOs have engaged in water diplomacy and the related difficulties, successes and limitations. We may agree or disagree with the perspectives presented, but this valuable contribution to the discussion on RBOs provides the framing and basis for us to draw our own conclusions." - Jeremy Bird, former Director General of the International Water Management Institute.

"While competition over water resources is seldom a direct or single cause of armed conflict, tensions and disputes over water are real and have to be resolved. This book offers valuable insights into the importance of River Basin Organizations as a key element in this global picture and should stimulate further thinking about the needed innovations that will strengthen water cooperation as a globally important instrument of peace." - Danilo Turk, Chair of the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace.

Spis treści

Introduction: Do river basin organizations make a difference in water diplomacy and conflict management?  1. The legal role and context of river basin organizations  2. Water diplomacy and collaborative governance in the Great Lakes Basin  3. Water diplomacy and shared resources along the United States-Mexico border  4. Process aspects of the development of shared waters agreements: The Columbia River Treaty  5. International river basin organizations and benefit sharing arrangements in the Columbia and Senegal international river basins: Past, present, and future  6. The Niger Basin: Is development raising the stakes of cooperation?  7. Water diplomacy and conflict transformation in the Nile River Basin: The key role of the Nile Basin Initiative over the past 20 years  8. Managing abundance: CICOS and the Congo  9. Water diplomacy in the absence of a river basin organization: A case study in Jordan, Israel, and Palestine  10. Water diplomacy in the Helmand River Basin: Exploring the obstacles to cooperation within the shadow of anarchy  11. Prolonging or resolving water conflicts in Central Asia? The International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea  12. The Mekong River Commission as a water diplomat  13. China in international institutions for water governance  14. Managing disagreements in European basins: What role for river basin organizations in water diplomacy?  15. Conclusion: Managing tensions and sharing benefits—international rivers in conflict and cooperation