India’s Blue Economy and the South Asian Dilemma: Sustainability or Geopolitics?
The region will have to choose: will the blue economy form a connective tissue or a new fault line between prosperity and dependency ...
Border and Trans-Boundary Water Politics
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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Mahakali River Treaty: A Critical Analysis Of India-Nepal River Diplomacy
As nations increasingly depend on large dams along shared rivers to counteract the effects of climate change, international water law plays a crucial role in ensuring the equitable and reasonable use of water resources ...
Geopolitics of Energy Transition in South Asia: Nepal’s Hydropower Ambitions Amid Regional Rivalries
Nepal’s hydropower potential holds the key to transforming South Asia’s energy landscape, driving economic growth and regional connectivity through clean energy ...
Chinese Hydro-Politics and Transboundary Water Cooperation in South Asia
China's role as the upper riparian, controlling much of Asia's water resources, complicates collaboration, particularly with India, due to geopolitical tensions and a lack of institutional cooperation ...
Transboundary Water Governance: Challenges and Opportunities in the Mekong River Basin
Consistent participation of stakeholders is required to address water security issues in the Mekong River basin ...
Increasing Insecurity: Increasing Border Fortification Globally
Increasing insecurity in international relations has increased the border securitization process and engagement in soft power policy ...
The Geopolitics of Border Conflicts: Impediments of Regional Security Cooperation in South Asia
Borders are central to identity, trade, security, and state survival narratives and it is regarded as a symbol of political anxiety between neighbouring states. ...
China’s New Superpower Dam and Implications for India
By fostering mutual trust and easing the flow of information for effective transboundary water governance and the preservation of natural systems, River Basin Organisations have the potential to dramatically lessen the severity of conflicts ...
An Alternative Challenge to the South Asian Riverine Community
When it comes to the question of human survival while maintaining the ecological balance, transboundary river water has come into conversation on how river water means for human survival. But, negotiations over South Asia’s water resources get stymied by opposing national interests, undermining human survival ...
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Between Rivers and Realpolitik: The Kunar Conundrum
Whether the Kunar River becomes a frontier of confrontation or a conduit of cooperation will depend on how regional actors interpret sovereignty, whether as unilateral control or as shared responsibility ...