The issue of border and trans-boundary water politics has a significant role in shaping the intensities of conflict and cooperation at national and international level. Trans-boundary water resources can be described as water shared across political, economic, or social boundaries. Shared border and water resources have always been a potential source of competition. They are the settings for different collaborative decisions which come with their own political, socio-economic and environmental implications. The research topic makes a closer examination of the different elements in trans-boundary water and border conflicts, border encroachments, sheds light on the challenges concerning the management of border and trans-boundary water resources, and attempts to make a stronger analytical inquiry to analyze the different elements of the process of border and trans-boundary water conflict resolution.
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BIMSTEC Transport Connectivity and Port Management for Regional Prosperity
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