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Water in the Middle East

Potential for Conflicts and Prospects for Cooperation

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Waltina Scheumann

    1. Technical University of Berlin, IMUP, Berlin, Germany

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  2. Manuel Schiffler

    1. The World Bank, USA

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Waltina Scheumann, Manuel Schiffler
      Pages 1-8

  3. Legal, Political and Economic Perspectives on Water Conflicts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. International Water Law: Regulations for Cooperation and the Discussion of the International Water Convention

      • Jörg Barandat, Aytül Kaplan
      Pages 11-30

    3. International Water Agreements: A Comparative View

      • Manuel Schiffler
      Pages 31-45

    4. The Middle East Peace Process: Obstacles to Cooperation over Shared Waters

      • Jochen Renger
      Pages 47-55

    5. Transboundary Externalities and Regional Integration

      • Rainer Durth
      Pages 57-70

    6. Contested Waters: Dividing or Sharing?

      • Ulrich Küffner
      Pages 71-87

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 151-191
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The fonner Egyptian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and fonner UN Secre­ tary General, Butros Butros Ghali stated after the second Gulf War "The next war in the Middle East will not be fought for oil, but for water. " This famous statement has been echoed by many politicians: shortly before be­ coming president of Turkey, SOleyman Demirel declared that the waters of the Euphrates and Tigris belonged to Turkey, just as oil belongs to the Arabs. Rafael Eytan, at that time and now again Israeli Minister of Agriculture, declared in 1990 in full-page advertisements in the Jerusalem Post that Israel would never cede the West Bank to the Palestinians because Israel's water supply would otherwise be endangered. Finally, Ismail Serageldin, vice president of the World Bank, declared in 1995 that "the wars of the next century will be over water". These statements are typical of the atmosphere reigning in the Middle East and in several other places around the world concerning the issue of international fresh water resources. Whether these perceptions correspond to an actual threat to a nation's water supply or whether they correspond to the official position of states in negotiations often conducted secretly, is an entirely different matter. A closer analysis of the issue of international fresh water resources, as we attempt in this book, admittedly reveals a dangerous potential for conflict over water.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Technical University of Berlin, IMUP, Berlin, Germany

    Waltina Scheumann

  • The World Bank, USA

    Manuel Schiffler

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