Water Politics in the Middle East: A Context for Conflict or Cooperation?

by Tim S. Gray, Mostafa Dolatyar, T. Gray

Most studies of water scarcity in the Middle East conclude that there is a significant risk of imminent conflict, even warfare, between states in the region. This book demonstrates that the evidence does not support this doom-laden prediction. Indeed, the authors show that although water scarcity has occasionally played a role in disputes in the Middle East, it has much more often promoted co-existence between adversaries. The reasoning behind this...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031222382X
• ISBN13: 9780312223823
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.8"