Strategic Water
Iraq and Security Planning in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin, Expanded Edition
Frederick Lorenz and Edward J. Erickson
DOI: 10.56686/9798986259482
ABOUT THE BOOK
The issue of freshwater scarcity has always been of vital concern to humans, and today it is increasingly characterized as a strategic factor in security planning. In the Euphrates-Tigris basin, water apportionment and management combined with climate change are increasingly emerging as threats to regional stability. The United States has a longterm strategic interest in the Euphrates-Tigris basin that, in turn, is directly linked to the national interests of the riparian states. The expanded second edition of Strategic Water: Iraq and Security Planning in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin updates analysis of the geopolitical situation and expands coverage of the aspirations of the basin countries. Finally, the book presents new conclusions and a proposed framework for action in the next 10 to 20 years.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction to the Expanded Edition: Iraq and Security Planning in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin
Chapter 1. The Euphrates-Tigris Basin and Its History
Chapter 2. Geopolitics in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin
Chapter 3. External Agency in the Basin
Chapter 4. Geography, the Kurds, and Water
Chapter 5. Water Deficit and the Impact of Climate Change
Chapter 6. Hydropolitics and the Law
Chapter 7. Data, Science, and Diplomacy: Bridging Technology and Policy
Chapter 8. Security Planning and the Evolving Crisis
Selected Bibliography