In contrast to the bilateral water treaties between many of its neighbors, China rejects the concept of a water-sharing arrangement or joint, rules-based management of common resources.
In order to create scopes for promoting community voices at local, national, and international levels, the GBB countries need to recognize negative effects of unilateral or bilateral water development projects.
This article considers bilateral water agreements for rivers with particular geographical configurations and aims to answer a fundamental question: how and why do bilateral treaties vary in their design?
Although promoting multilateralism on the world stage, it has given the cold shoulder to multilateral cooperation among basin nations — as symbolized, for example, by the Mekong River Commission — and rebuffed efforts by states sharing its rivers to seek bilateral water-sharing arrangements.
Finally, in historical overview of SAARC's limited success, and in the bilateral river water negotiation processes, the common factor is India's hegemonic position.
Both are "daunting" concepts for most companies, which are used to "discretely and quietly" strike bilateral deals with water ministries, he admits.
As the GOI continues to gain its footing, points of divergence between Tehran and Baghdad become increasingly evident on such sensitive bilateral issues as water, hydrocarbons, maritime borders, and political parity.
But a new academic study shows that what has been billed as bilateral "cooperation" over water resources is much more like domination — in which the Palestinians not only acquiesce in Israeli demands but effectively "consent to their own colonization".
Prior to the Mumbai attacks, India and Pakistan had been engaged in a so-called "composite dialogue" structured to address disputes over a range of bilateral issues, including water, trade, commerce and the pivotal dispute over the border region of Kashmir.
Before the Mumbai attacks, India and Pakistan had been engaged in a so-called composite dialogue structured to address disputes over a variety of bilateral issues, including water, trade, commerce and the pivotal dispute over the border region of Kashmir.
