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This book argues that river basins represent a particular structural setting in international relations with the potential for generating a dynamic of cooperation among the involved countries.
List of contents
1 International river basins as a source for cooperation or conflict
Christian Ploberger
PART I Theoretical considerations
2 Identifying international river basins as a particular space in international politics and as a source of sub-regional cooperation
Christian Ploberger
3 International river basins as a focal point for regional cooperation
Christian Ploberger
4 Economic perspectives of cooperation in international river basins
Walter Scherrer
PART II The prospect for sub-regional cooperation exist
5 Positive embeddedness: the EUSDR
Christian Ploberger
6 The Mekong regional integration: what roles does the Mekong River Commission play?
Serey Sok, Sopheak Meas, and Pheakdey Nguonphan
PART III International river basins facing a more conflictual setting
7 Rethinking Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan: people, politics, and policy
Debasish Nandy
8 India-Pakistan realpolitik and resource sharing: muddying the waters?
S. Utham Kumar Jamadhagni
9 Euphrates-Tigris River basin: contentious hydro-politics in the Middle East
Eyüp Ersoy
About the author
Christian Ploberger is an academic researcher, publisher and co-editor of the Journal of Chakrabong Bhuvanarth International Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies (JCBIS). He held various academic positions in the past, with the most recent one as Lecturer at Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-ok, Bangkok, Thailand. He is the author of Political Economic Perspectives of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (Routledge, 2019) and co-editor of China’s Belt and Road Initiative: The Impact on Sub-regional Southeast Asia (Routledge, 2021).
Summary
This book argues that river basins represent a particular structural setting in international relations with the potential for generating a dynamic of cooperation among the involved countries.
