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Middle East Review of International Affairs
Water Diplomacy in Central Asia
by Zainiddin Karaev
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Abstract
Shared water resources have caused serious disputes and tensions in Central Asia since the USSR’s collapse. Management of these resources has been highly politicized. This article analyzes the foreign policies of four countries on this issue and implications that disputes have on them.
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Note *: Zainiddin Karaev is a Ph.D. candidate in the Political Science department of the Central European University, Budapest. His research interests are political economy of development in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in the post-communist period, politics of water resources management in Central Asia.