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Hydropolitics in the Harirud/Tejen River Basin: Afghanistan as hydro-hegemon?
This paper analyses how control over transboundary water is being achieved in the Harirud/Tejen River Basin, located in Afghanistan, Iran and Turkmenistan. It illustrates how a weaker country like Afghanistan compensates its structural power deficit by relying on international support and taking advantage of its neighbours’ foreign policy constraints. It also illustrates the importance of national power struggles to explain Afghanistan’s unilateral resource capture strategy and related tactics at the international level. Despite achieving greater control, Afghanistan does not fit the definition of hydro-hegemon and its resource capture strategy may only have served as an entry point towards future dialogue.
Hydropolitics in the Harirud/Tejen River Basin: Afghanistan as hydro-hegemon?
This paper analyses how control over transboundary water is being achieved in the Harirud/Tejen River Basin, located in Afghanistan, Iran and Turkmenistan. It illustrates how a weaker country like Afghanistan compensates its structural power deficit by relying on international support and taking advantage of its neighbours’ foreign policy constraints. It also illustrates the importance of national power struggles to explain Afghanistan’s unilateral resource capture strategy and related tactics at the international level. Despite achieving greater control, Afghanistan does not fit the definition of hydro-hegemon and its resource capture strategy may only have served as an entry point towards future dialogue.
Hydropolitics in the Harirud/Tejen River Basin: Afghanistan as hydro-hegemon?
Thomas, Vincent (author) / Warner, Jeroen (author)
Water International ; 40 ; 593-613
2015-06-07
21 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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