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Water Politics in the Middle East

A Context for Conflict or Cooperation?

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  • © 2000

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Authors:
  1. Mostafa Dolatyar

    1. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran

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  2. Tim S. Gray

    1. Department of Politics, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, Australia

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Mostafa Dolatyar, Tim S. Gray
    Pages 1-14

  3. Five Approaches to Water Scarcity

    • Mostafa Dolatyar, Tim S. Gray
    Pages 15-59

  4. Water Scarcity: A Global Problem?

    • Mostafa Dolatyar, Tim S. Gray
    Pages 60-84

  5. Water Politics in the Jordan River Basin

    • Mostafa Dolatyar, Tim S. Gray
    Pages 85-115

  6. Water Politics in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin

    • Mostafa Dolatyar, Tim S. Gray
    Pages 116-163

  7. Water Politics in the Arabian Peninsula

    • Mostafa Dolatyar, Tim S. Gray
    Pages 164-205

  8. Conclusion

    • Mostafa Dolatyar, Tim S. Gray
    Pages 206-219

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 220-255
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About this book

Most studies of water scarcity in the Middle East conclude that there is a significant risk of imminent conflict, even warfare, between states in the region. This book demonstrates that the evidence does not support this doom-laden prediction. Indeed, the authors show that although water scarcity has occasionally played a role in disputes in the Middle East, it has much more often promoted co-existence between adversaries. The reasoning behind this hypothesis is that water is too critical to be put at risk by warfare.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran

    Mostafa Dolatyar

  • Department of Politics, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, Australia

    Tim S. Gray

About the authors

MOSTAFA DOLATYAR has been associated with the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1991. He received his PhD in Politics from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1998. His publications include The Legal Regime of International Straits: With Emphasis on the Legal Issues of the Hormuz Strait, The Middle Eastern Environment and The Iranian Journal of International Affairs, Vol.8.

TIM S. GRAY has been lecturer in the Politics Department, University of Newcastle upon Tyne since 1963. He was appointed Head of Department in 1994, and to a personal Chair in Political Thought in 1996. Trained as a political theorist he has published books and articles on Herbert Spencer, Edmund Burke and Flora Tristan and on the concept of freedom. Developing an interest in environmental politics from 1990, he has also published articles and chapters on the politics of fishing, whaling and population control.

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