CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Smith, Jessie Marta Clare |
|---|---|
| Title | Cooperation in the Name of Water: Seeking Water Security in the Nile Basin's Cooperative Framework Agreement |
| Summary | As global climate change intensifies and population growth increases, the Nile River Basin is confronted with a variety of outcomes for water security in the future. To ensure that transboundary water relations maintain peace and political stability within the region, Nile Basin states established the Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA) to manage and address present and future political tensions that flow from water insecurity. However, does the CFA truly facilitate international cooperation in the face of global water insecurity within the region? Understanding how the concept of water security relates to the CFA is essential when determining whether Nile Basin states are capable of international cooperation on transboundary water resources. This paper attempts to address the concept of water security within the Nile River Basin’s CFA by operationalising Bjørn-Oliver Magsig’s Legal Analytical Framework for Water Security. By focusing on the absence or inclusion of water availability, access, adaptability, and ambit within the CFA, this paper claims that the transboundary legal agreement has failed to implement the concept of water security in a way that enables the Nile River Basin states to effectively cooperate on current and future water security issues in the region. |
| Supervisor | Nagy, Boldizsár |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/smith_jessie.pdf |
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