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The Rise of Hydro-Diplomacy – Strengthening foreign policy for transboundary waters

  • Benjamin Pohl
  • Alexander Carius (adelphi)
  • Ken Conca (American University)
  • Geoffrey D. Dabelko (Ohio University)
  • Annika Kramer (adelphi)
  • David Michel (Stimson Center)
  • Susanne Schmeier (GIZ)
  • Ashok Swain (Uppsala University)
  • Aaron Wolf (Oregon State University)

This report calls on foreign policy makers to exert stronger political leadership in water diplomacy and to actively accompany and facilitate the efforts of technical and development experts. It shows that encouraging greater cooperation over transboundary waters offers significant prospects for the resolution of political conflicts and greater regional integration.

To this end, this report argues that foreign policy makers should ensure stronger agency at the international level, realize potential synergies between political and technical engagement, and build the necessary capacity at the national, basin and global levels. To manage the coming challenges, driven in part by climate change, foreign policy makers must drive an internationally coordinated, cross-sectoral engagement.

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