Water Politics in the Middle East

A Context for Conflict or Cooperation?

• Author(s): M. Dolatyar, T. Gray,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 255
• ISBN_10: 0230599877
  ISBN_13: 9780230599871
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / World / Middle Eastern , Political Science / International Relations / General , Technology & Engineering / Environmental / General , Political Science / General , Political Science / Political Ideologies / General , Nature / Natural Resources ,

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.