Maintaining status quo or realizing transformation in transboundary water conflicts? The power-interests-identity nexus in the Helmand river basin

This paper contributes to the critical hydropolitics literature by introducing the power-interests-identity nexus framework and addresses how it shapes decisions and (re)actions to transform or maintain water conflicts. The framework is investigated using the Helmand/Hirmand river basin, shared by A...

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Published in:Water international 2024-07, Vol.49 (5), p.664-689
Main Authors: Ghoreishi, Seyedeh Zahra, Mianabadi, Hojjat, Warner, Jeroen, Nagheeby, Mohsen, Vij, Sumit, Parvaresh Rizi, Atefeh, Jafari, Milad, ArfaFathollahkhani, Atefe
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Language:English
Subjects:
Afghanistan
Conflict transformation
Conflicts
Identity
identity-formation
Iran
otherization
power-interests-identity nexus
River basins
Rivers
Transboundary waters
Water
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Summary:This paper contributes to the critical hydropolitics literature by introducing the power-interests-identity nexus framework and addresses how it shapes decisions and (re)actions to transform or maintain water conflicts. The framework is investigated using the Helmand/Hirmand river basin, shared by Afghanistan and Iran. It elucidates which factors led to the transformation of Iran-Afghanistan water conflicts and the signing of the 1973 Treaty, as well as the influential factors that have contributed to its maintenance in the 2020s. The results demonstrate using the framework provides comprehensive insight by identifying the influential latent factors of transboundary water arrangements.
ISSN:0250-8060
1941-1707
DOI:10.1080/02508060.2024.2352228