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  • Water Diplomacy as an approach to regional cooperation in South Asia: A case from the Brahmaputra Basin

    Year: 2018

    Collections: Scientific Publications

    Topics: Water, Water diplomacy, Transboundary Water Resources, Transboundary cooperation

    Authors: Anamika Barua

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    Source: Journal of Hydrology

    The article examines challenges of transboundary water cooperation in the Brahmaputra River Basin shared by Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, and India. It highlights the lack of trust, information asymmetries, and absence of a regional governance framework that hinder cooperation. The authors emphasize the importance of inclusive, multi-stakeholder water diplomacy and informal dialogues as a foundation for sustainable and equitable basin-wide cooperation.


    Water Diplomacy: The Intersect of Science, Policy and Practice

    Year: 2019

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    Topics: Water diplomacy, Transboundary Water Resources, Water Security, Transboundary cooperation

    Authors: Martina Klimes, David Michel, Elizabeth Yaari, Phillia Restiani

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    Source: Journal of Hydrology

    Why water diplomacy? What does diplomacy have to do with water? Is cooperation over transboundary surface and ground waters the exclusive domain of diplomats and foreign policy experts? Or mainly the purview of water professionals negotiating agreements on shared water resources? Why should non-governmental stakeholders be involved in transboundary water dialogues? These questions lie at the heart of debates and dialogues around the theory and practice of water diplomacy.


    Motivating Water Diplomacy: Finding the Situational Incentives to Negotiate

    Year: 2000

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    Topics: Water, Water diplomacy, Transboundary Water Resources, Transboundary cooperation, Hydropolitics

    Authors: Bertram I. Spector

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    Source: International Negotiation

    Recent research has focused mainly on factors linking environmental change or stress to violent conflict, while less attention has been paid to conditions that promote cooperation and negotiation. This study presents preliminary findings on environmental, social, and economic indicators that may create favourable conditions for cooperative water resource agreements. The results suggest that inequality among riparian states across physical, economic, and social dimensions can, unexpectedly, facilitate the negotiation of international and regional agreements on shared water resources.


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