WATER WARS ‒ THE PRACTICAL EXPRESSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS. HYDROPOLITICS IN CENTRAL ASIA
WATER WARS ‒ THE PRACTICAL EXPRESSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS. HYDROPOLITICS IN CENTRAL ASIA

Summary/Abstract: The abundance of water is one of the greatest illusions of mankind. Although it seems a trivial resource, available to anyone, reality tends to contradict this impression. Thus, drinking water becomes, in certain circumstances, the central element of some international political and economic configurations. One first objective of this article is to prove that the war over water can be a certainty of the future only when this type of resources will become a vector of power. A second objective is to demonstrate that an armed conflict that has erupted for such reasons is nothing more than useless. The potential benefits cannot compensate for the costs that such an action would entail. The third objective is to identify the likelihood of an environmental conflict in Central Asia and to formulate proposals to avoid this grim scenario.

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