MENA’s Fertile Crescent at the Time of “Dry Geopolitics”
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MENA’s Fertile Crescent in the Time of Dry Geopolitics

Federico Borsari
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Irene Pasqua
26 February 2020

The Tigris and Euphrates rivers are a crucial source of socio-economic development for Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. Competition over water reflected in intensifying contentions among those states, domestic popular unrest and mass flows of internally displaced people. This transboundary watercourse system also played a strategic role in the recent violent conflicts affecting the area, further highlighting the geopolitical relevance of the basin.
How do the rivers intersect with regional geopolitical dynamics? What measures are being put in place to address the water crisis? Is a shared, equitable and sustainable water management framework achievable in this area?

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ISPI MENA Centre
The Role of Water in the Syrian and Iraqi Civil Wars
Tobias von Lossow
Netherlands Institute of International Relations
Beyond Water Nationalism: Towards a “Mesopotamian” Ecological Identity
Alessandro Tinti
University of Florence
Water Diplomacy and Sustainable Management in Mesopotamia
Martina Klimes
Stockholm International Water Institute
Syria and Iraq: Will Post-War Reconstruction Serve Water Needs?
Glada Lahn
Chatham House
,
Sarah Jarjees
University of Mosul
Iraq and the Struggle for Water
Irene Costantini
University of Naples "L'Orientale"
Iran’s Upstream Hegemony and Its Water Policies Towards Iraq
Tamer Badawi
European University Institute
The Turkish Perspective on the Euphrates and Tigris River Basin
Tuğba Evrim Maden
Turkish Water Institute

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Federico Borsari
ISPI MENA Centre
Irene Pasqua
ISPI MENA Centre

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