Water Politics in the Middle East: A Context for Conflict or Co-operation?

Contents
List of Maps
List of Tables and Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements and Dedication
List of Abbreviations
1 Introduction
	The importance of the topic
		Water, the core of civilisation
		Water, the principal resource problem of the world
	The scope of the study
		Water in the Middle East
		The framework of analysis
		Organisation of the chapters
	Notes
2 Five Approaches to Water Scarcity
	Introduction
	Five hypotheses about the water issue
		Water as a security issue
		Water as an economic issue
		Water as a legal issue
		Water as a technical issue
		Water as an environmental issue
	Conclusion
	Notes
3 Water Scarcity: A Global Problem?
	Water management: a global challenge?
	Conceptualisation
		What is water scarcity?
		Is it a global problem?
	Global water demand
	Regional water problems
		Europe
		America
		Asia
		Middle East
	Conclusion
	Notes
4 Water Politics in the Jordan River Basin
	Introduction
	Climatic and hydropolitical features
	Evolution of the water crisis in the Jordan Basin – the role of Zionism
		Historical background
		Early Zionism
		After independence
	Israel’s water policy and Arab reaction
		Conception of water as a strategic issue
		Institutionalisation of water policies
		The new paradigm
	Conclusion
	Notes
5 Water Politics in the Euphrates–Tigris Basin
	Introduction
	Climatic and hydropolitical features
	Evolution of water management in Mesopotamia
		Ancient Mesopotamia
		Modern Mesopotamia
	Turkey’s water policy and Arab reaction
		Conception of water as a strategic issue
		Water diplomacy
	Conclusion
	Notes
6 Water Politics in the Arabian Peninsula
	Climatic and hydropolitical features
	Introduction
	Evolution of water management in the Arabian Peninsula
		Ancient Arabia
		Modern Arabia
	Water management policies of the regional states
		Groundwater management
		Non-conventional water management
		The dawn of a new paradigm
	Conclusion
	Notes
7 Conclusion
	Summary
	Two Hypotheses
	Hypothesis 1 – not conflict, but co-operation, in the past
	Hypothesis 2: the new paradigm – environmentalism – for the future
	Notes
Bibliography
Index