International Water Security: Domestic Threats and Opportunities

by Nevelina I. Pachova (Editor), Mikiyasu Nakayama (Editor), Libor Jansky (Editor)

Managing water is a challenging task, particularly in the shared water basins that host more than half of the world's population. National sovereignty and security considerations have long constrained the reasonable, equitable, and sustainable use of international water courses. With democratization and globalization on the rise, domestic actors have an increasingly important role to play in national decisionmaking and traditional foreign policy debates. This change entails new threats but also presents new opportunities for ensuring international water security. This volume explores both these threats and opportunities. Using case studies, the authors analyze the multifaceted and dynamic nature of the interplay between domestic and international water security. The book examines a range of past, ongoing, and emerging international water disputes from the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Well-known cases are revisited from new perspectives while new approaches are suggested as analytical frameworks and practical tools for understanding and coping with emerging security threats.

308 pages, Paperback

First published May 13, 2008

Reviews

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

chapter 11 on transboundary water rights is very useful to learn about methodological approaches for cooperation between states. the euphrates-tigris river basin case study can be used to comprehend the complexities in other transboundary water rights contexts, while also acknowledging they need to be considered on a case by case basis. the conclusion was very thought provoking and proposed very interesting further research avenues in the intersection of human rights and water security.