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  • Tracking Conflict and Cooperation Over the World’s International Freshwater Resources

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    Guest Contributor  //  March 20, 2023  //  By Alexandra Caplan, Melissa McCracken, Susanne Schmeier, Zoe Rosenblum & Aaron Wolf
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    Waters that cross international political borders can drive the countries that share them to conflict—or encourage cooperation between them. Indeed, since the 1940s, overall trends point to a tendency for countries to cooperate over shared water resources, which stands in stark contrast to media portrayals of “water wars.”

    Yet instances of conflict over water have increased slightly since 2000. Why? Most of them are fueled by water quantity disputes or the unilateral development of dams or other infrastructure. Institutions often play a key role in facilitating cooperation (and reducing conflict) over shared waters, but their growth and adoption have slowed over the last two to three decades.

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  • Hydro-Diplomacy Can Build Peace Over Shared Waters, But Needs More Support

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    Guest Contributor  //  September 22, 2014  //  By Benjamin Pohl & Susanne Schmeier
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    From Ukraine and the Middle East to sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia, the world is engulfed in a series of significant international crises. But despite such urgent issues, it would be a grave mistake to forget about the structural foreign policy challenges – such as access to water – that could become the crises of the future.

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