Course Schedule

Course Schedule

Veranstaltungen von Prof. Dr. Ines Dombrowsky

Lehrveranstaltungen

Security and sustainability on transboundary rivers: Navigating conflict and cooperation (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Ines Dombrowsky, Jens Newig

Inhalt: Water does not respect political boundaries. Hence, it can be the cause of conflict and a security concern among countries sharing transboundary rivers. While no war has so far been fought on water alone, water use is highly disputed in many transboundary river basins (e.g. the Euphrates, Jordan, Mekong and Nile) and in selected cases water infrastructure has become part of military conflicts. At the same time, riparian countries have concluded more than 400 treaties on the use of transboundary waters and have established about 100 international river basin organizations worldwide. Still, the existence of an intergovernmental treaty or a river basin organization does not necessarily mean that there are no conflicts and the question arises how state and non-state actors may navigate tensions and can continuously govern transboundary waters in a peaceful, equitable and ecologically sustainable manner.