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Maintaining status quo or realizing transformation in transboundary water conflicts? The power–interests–identity nexus in the Helmand river basin

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Abstract

This paper contributes to the critical hydropolitics literature by introducing the power–interests–identity nexus framework and addresses how it shapes decisions and (re)actions to transform or maintain water conflicts. The framework is investigated using the Helmand/Hirmand river basin, shared by Afghanistan and Iran. It elucidates which factors led to the transformation of Iran–Afghanistan water conflicts and the signing of the 1973 Treaty, as well as the influential factors that have contributed to its maintenance in the 2020s. The results demonstrate using the framework provides comprehensive insight by identifying the influential latent factors of transboundary water arrangements.

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Author(s): Ghoreishi SZ, Mianabadi H, Warner J, Nagheeby M, Vij S, Parvaresh Rizi A, Jafari M, Arfa-Fatolahkhani A

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Water International

Year: 2024

Volume: 49

Issue: 5

Pages: 664-689

Online publication date: 05/06/2024

Acceptance date: 03/05/2024

ISSN (print): 0250-8060

ISSN (electronic): 1941-1707

Publisher: Routledge

URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2024.2352228

DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2024.2352228

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