This is part 4 of Week 7 of my undergraduate class POLS3033 (Environment, Human Security, & Conflict). This week we focus on how water (who has it, who wants it, and what will they do to get it) and conflict.
The Central Asian videos I refer to:
Tajikistan, Water with borders, part 1. 2009. TVEAPfilms. [ Ссылка ]
Tajikistan, Water with borders, part 2. TVEAPfilms. [ Ссылка ]
Al Jazeera English. 2019. “Will a Central Asian border dispute be resolved soon?” [ Ссылка ].
The articles I refer to in this video:
Gleick, Peter H. 1993. “Water and Conflict: Fresh Water Resources and International Security” International Security 18(1): 79-112.
Gleditsch, Nils Petter, Kathryn Furlong, Håvard Hegre, Bethany Lacina, and Taylor Owen. 2006. “Conflicts Over Shared Rivers: Resource Scarcity or Fuzzy Boundaries?” Political Geography 25: 361-382.
Theisen, Ole Magnus, Helge Holtermann & Halvard Buhaug. 2011. “Climate Wars? Assessing the Claim that Drought Breeds Conflict.” International Security 36(3): 79–106.
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