Water diplomacy in post-Soviet geographies: analyzing multiple scales of cooperative potential

Author(s)Altingoz, Mehmet S.
Date Accessioned2022-12-20T14:00:48Z
Date Available2022-12-20T14:00:48Z
Publication Date2022
SWORD Update2022-09-21T16:07:40Z
AbstractThis dissertation investigated why cooperation over shared water resources occurs among countries in conflict with each other in some cases but not in others. It examined the Arpacay/Akhuryan Dam (Armenia and Turkey), the Black Sea (Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine), and the North Crimean Canal (Russia and Ukraine). In these cases, there are severe international conflicts between the countries (e.g. closed borders, annexations, and armed conflicts). Yet, in the Arpacay/Akhuryan and the Black Sea cases, there is extensive water cooperation, while in the North Crimean case, severe water conflicts exist. ☐ This study discovered that, in cases where there are severe interparty conflicts, management scale has an influence on cooperation outcome, increased localization of management, coincident with improved relations maximizes cooperation potential, and polycentric governance can sustain shared water cooperation but present limitations for environmental peace-building at national-level. In addition, timing (window of opportunity), intensity of conflict, political agenda of riparians, and economy are key for those cases. ☐ We suggest to evaluate global cases using the international relations, management scale, and cooperation likeliness framework that this study created while keeping the factors above and case-specific factors under consideration. ☐ Keywords: hydropolitics; transboundary water management; Armenia; Turkey; Russia; Ukraine; USSR; international conflicts; polycentric management; water cooperation
AdvisorAli, Saleem H.
DegreePh.D.
ProgramUniversity of Delaware, Water Science and Policy Program
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.58088/nn0g-za68
Unique Identifier1352871955
URLhttps://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/31820
Languageen
PublisherUniversity of Delaware
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KeywordsHydropolitics
KeywordsInternational conflicts
KeywordsPolycentric management
KeywordsSoviet union
KeywordsTransboundary water management
KeywordsWater cooperation
TitleWater diplomacy in post-Soviet geographies: analyzing multiple scales of cooperative potential
TypeThesis
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