Water as a Strategic Tool in Central Asia
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Authors
Smith, Hannah
Publication Date
2014-01-01Journal Title
CUSPE Communications
Publisher
CUSPE
Language
English
Type
Working Paper
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Smith, H. (2014). Water as a Strategic Tool in Central Asia. CUSPE Communications https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.25615
Abstract
Limited water resources, weak states and ethnic tensions across Central Asia lead many analysts to believe that the region will bear witness to the world’s first war over water. Through drawing on fieldwork, this study takes the example of the geographically isolated village of Barak (a Kyrgyz exclave) to demonstrate how water resources are manipulated strategically at a local level. This has profound consequences for communities and presents clear violations of basic human rights. The internationally community must act at a micro level to ensure that water does not become another tool of war.
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This record's DOI: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.25615
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/278267
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