Power Structures in Water Regime Formation: A Comparison of the Jordan and Euphrates Tigris River Basins

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  • Bezen Balamir Coskun Loughborough University

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https://doi.org/10.5278/ojs.ijis.v3i0.184

Abstract

This article is a comparative analysis of the effects of power structures on the success and/or failure of the water regimes in the Jordan River Basin and Euphrates Tigris River Basin. In order to see the differences and/or similarities between the two river basins, both of which are located in the same geographical region, regime theory is taken as the theoretical framework. The article contributes to the research on water in the Middle East in two ways: first, it analyses the role of domestic powers as well as global and regional powers on regime outcome; and second, it provides a basis for understanding why the riparians have chosen cooperative strategies in the Jordan Basin while in the Euphrates Tigris region temporary resolutions have been chosen.

Author Biography

Bezen Balamir Coskun, Loughborough University

Graduate of the Master’s Program at the Research Centre on Development and International Relations at Aalborg University, and currently a PhD candidate at Loughborough University (UK) Department of Politics, International Relations and European Studies. This article is taken from her Master’s thesis, submitted to the Research Center on Development and International Relations, Aalborg University (Denmark), under the supervision of Bjørn Møller.

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Vol. 3: The Interdisciplinary Journal of International Studies - 2005

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