Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Chapter in New Book on Water and Conflict in the Middle East




I am pleased to have contributed to this book with a chapter on the foreign policy of the UAE in the Red Sea (with Islam Hassan). The book is edited by Marcus D. King, who is John O. Rankin Associate Professor of International Affairs at George Washington University.

This volume explores the role of water in the Middle East’s current economic, political and environmental transformations, which are set to continue in the near future. In addition to examining water conflict from within the domestic contexts of Iraq, Yemen and Syria— all experiencing high levels of instability today—the contributors shed further light on how conflict over water resources has influenced political relations in the region. They interrogate how competition over water resources may precipitate or affect war in the Middle East, and assess whether or how resource vulnerability impacts fragile states and societies in the region and beyond.

Water and Conflict in the Middle East is an essential contribution to our understanding of turbulence in this globally significant region.

This is the book’s page on Facebook: https://www.amazon.com/Water-Conflict-Middle-East/dp/1787382109/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=water+and+conflict+in+the+middle+east&qid=1587467076&sr=8-9

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