Water Politics in the Middle East A Context for Conflict or Cooperation?
Description
Most studies of water scarcity in the Middle East conclude that there is a significant risk of imminent conflict, even warfare, between states in the region. This book demonstrates that the evidence does not support this doom-laden prediction. Indeed, the authors show that although water scarcity has occasionally played a role in disputes in the Middle East, it has much more often promoted co-existence between adversaries. The reasoning behind this hypothesis is that water is too critical to be put at risk by warfare.
Keywords
Political ScienceWorldMiddle EasternInternational RelationsTechnology & EngineeringEnvironmentalPolitical IdeologiesNatureNatural Resources
1999Book
Author(s)Mostafa Dolatyar
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780333745038
LanguageEnglish
