This paper explores the geopolitical overlay that is shaping dynamic hydropolitical interactions of the Harirud River Basin, which is a basin that spans Afghanistan, Iran and Turkmenistan. This paper argues that the control and capture of water resources are not solely for economic development but rather for geopolitical reasons that serve the security interests of the actors involved, particularly outside-basin powers like the US and India. The Afghan Government similarly views dams as symbols of nation-building and a way of staying in power. In the absence of a lasting trilateral agreement, the existing nature of the geopolitical dynamics of the basin has led upstream Afghanistan and downstream Iran and Turkmenistan to unilaterally establ...
This article examines how discourses of water nationalism are used to justify and legitimise a state...
Graduation date: 2017Access restricted to the Administrator, at author's request, from 2017-06-21 to...
Central Asian states, where freshwater is a strategic resource, are oriented towards regional confli...
This paper explores the geopolitical overlay that is shaping dynamic hydropolitical interactions of ...
A new article by Mohsen Nagheeby (IHE alumnus and PhD candidate at Northumbria University) and Jeroe...
This paper analyses how control over transboundary water is being achieved in the Harirud/Tejen Rive...
Reports predict frighteningly serious escalations of the controversy between Afghanistan and its nei...
Transboundary river basins are by their nature surrounded by political discourses and negotiations a...
This article examines the international legitimacy of unilateral dam development in an international...
This thesis investigates the role of the principle of equitable and reasonable utilisation (ERU), as...
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, in Central Asia five new independent states –Kazakhst...
This research highlights the outcomes of the environmental diplomacy workshop held between members o...
This article examines the international legitimacy of unilateral dam development in an international...
This thesis set out to develop methodologies that promote cooperation, peace and development instead...
This paper examines the intersection of regional geopolitics and the governance of transboundary riv...
This article examines how discourses of water nationalism are used to justify and legitimise a state...
Graduation date: 2017Access restricted to the Administrator, at author's request, from 2017-06-21 to...
Central Asian states, where freshwater is a strategic resource, are oriented towards regional confli...
This paper explores the geopolitical overlay that is shaping dynamic hydropolitical interactions of ...
A new article by Mohsen Nagheeby (IHE alumnus and PhD candidate at Northumbria University) and Jeroe...
This paper analyses how control over transboundary water is being achieved in the Harirud/Tejen Rive...
Reports predict frighteningly serious escalations of the controversy between Afghanistan and its nei...
Transboundary river basins are by their nature surrounded by political discourses and negotiations a...
This article examines the international legitimacy of unilateral dam development in an international...
This thesis investigates the role of the principle of equitable and reasonable utilisation (ERU), as...
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, in Central Asia five new independent states –Kazakhst...
This research highlights the outcomes of the environmental diplomacy workshop held between members o...
This article examines the international legitimacy of unilateral dam development in an international...
This thesis set out to develop methodologies that promote cooperation, peace and development instead...
This paper examines the intersection of regional geopolitics and the governance of transboundary riv...
This article examines how discourses of water nationalism are used to justify and legitimise a state...
Graduation date: 2017Access restricted to the Administrator, at author's request, from 2017-06-21 to...
Central Asian states, where freshwater is a strategic resource, are oriented towards regional confli...