Transboundary Water Conflict Resolution Mechanisms: Substitutes or Complements

Tayia, Ahmed

doi:10.3390/w11071337

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“…Collaboration between riparian countries should be a continuous conflict transformation process that deals with the socio-economic challenges in the Nile Basin (Bitsue 2012). This conflict transformation process should aim to deeply transform in the deep-rooted sources of conflict in order to establish a stable structure of relationships among the riparian countries (Tayia 2019). Tackling the problem of the conflicting informal institutions among peoples of the Nile Basin will facilitate the work of negotiators and representatives of riparians in the strategic interactions between them.…”

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The evolution of the Nile regulatory regime: a history of cooperation and conflict

2021

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The objective of this study is to trace the historical evolution of the present Nile Basin regulatory framework and examine its influence on the current interactions among Nile riparian states. This research adopts a case-study design, with in-depth qualitative analysis of the Nile Basin as an example of the complex transboundary relations over shared waters. It uses an analytical framework derived from the New Institutional Economics (NIE) to analyse the evolution of the institutional framework that has governed the Nile basin and how it affected the annual water share allocated to each riparian country. The study argues that the historical beliefs and social norms of the riparian societies have been among the major factors that influenced the cooperation attempts during the past century and determined their outcomes. Therefore, a prerequisite to develop sustainable cooperation is levelling the playing field by addressing the beliefs and norms that have prevented cooperation while identifying the beliefs that can support cooperation.

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The evolution of the Nile regulatory regime: a history of cooperation and conflict

2021

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“…Conflict resolution is a process that aims to solve central incompatibilities between conflicting parties and facilitate agreement among them for a solution to their issues (Tayia, 2019). In order to solve conflicts at an implementation level, a set of processes that seek to translate the law into actions that achieve the aims of the legislation must be followed.…”

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Sino-Kazakhstan transboundary water allocation cooperation study: analysis of willingness and policy implementation

Zheng

2021

Water International

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During the process of bridging conflicting water interests, cooperation and conflict tend to co-exist. The main aim of this research is to identify the reason behind the intensified water relationship between China and Kazakhstan. In this regard, the main research question is: what are the barriers hindering the implementation of Sino-Kazakhstan water allocation cooperation? In order to answer this question, the research applies a qualitative analysis approach to assemble the crucial descriptors that allow the main barriers to be categorized, such as appreciation of water, initial willingness, institutional conflict resolution, and bureaucratic system constraints. This is intended to provide an assessment of the motivation, organization, and implementation of Sino-Kazakhstan transboundary water management, based on interdisciplinary literature on water management and international law. This research ultimately finds that the opposite interests, reluctance, ambiguity in the legal framework, and poor intra-governmental coordination negatively impact the implementation of Sino-Kazakhstan water allocation cooperation.

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“…The presented research conceptualizes the co-evolution of cooperation and conflict from a critical hydropolitical perspective [13][14][15]. The main difference from traditional hydropolitical theories lies in: (1) analyzing cooperation and conflict simultaneously; (2) including both state and non-state actors into analysis without prioritizing a state-centrist view; and (3) incorporating other indicators, particularly power, adaptive water governance and benefit-sharing mechanisms that may influence transboundary water interaction [16][17][18]. Drawing on Prats' Governmental Model [19] and Putnam's Two-level Game Theory [20], three types of actors can be identified, which are involved in changing dynamics in transboundary water interaction and have an impact both at the domestic and international level of water governance.…”

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Modified Transboundary Water Interaction Nexus (TWINS): Xayaburi Dam Case Study

Grünwald

Wang

Yan

2020

Water

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The Mekong River comprises six riparian states and supports the livelihood of more than 65 million people. Although the rapid joint river development enlarges the pie of benefits, it also deepens existing conflict of interests and motivating downstream countries to use more power to get better control over shared waters. The purpose of the article is to operationalize a new Transboundary Water Interaction Nexus (TWINS) and interpret interchange of cooperation and conflict between Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam about the Xayaburi hydropower dam in the last 19 years (2000–2019). Our results show that (1) there is significant disparity between the official and public attitude towards the Xayaburi dam, (2) since 2013, the debates about the Xayaburi dam issue has been substituted by other mainstream hydropower dams, (3) the Xayaburi dam indicates that hydropower dams are one of the national priorities that will be pursued at all cost, (4) Laos gained confidence and significant political leverage on downstream countries since the groundbreaking ceremony of the Xayaburi dam in November 2012, (5) failure of the Mekong River Commission’s Procedure of Notification and Prior Consultations (PNPCA) with the Xayauri dam motivated downstream countries to redesign the institutional arrangements and stakeholder consultations.

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Transboundary Water Conflict Resolution Mechanisms: Substitutes or Complements

Cited by 26 publications

References 128 publications

The evolution of the Nile regulatory regime: a history of cooperation and conflict

The evolution of the Nile regulatory regime: a history of cooperation and conflict

Sino-Kazakhstan transboundary water allocation cooperation study: analysis of willingness and policy implementation

Modified Transboundary Water Interaction Nexus (TWINS): Xayaburi Dam Case Study

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