Mark Zeitoun

TL;DR: In this article, a conceptual framework of Hydro-Hegemony is presented to examine the role of power asymmetry in creating and maintaining water conflict that fall short of the violent form of war and to treat as unproblematic situations of cooperation occurring in an asymmetrical context.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the examination of either conflict or cooperation, refutes the reality of the vast majority of contexts where cooperation and conflict actually co-exist, and perpetuates the paradigm that any conflict is "bad" and that all forms of cooperation are "good".

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of soft power in transboundary water interaction is examined and interpreted in terms of compliance related to distributive (conflictual) or integrative (consensual) ends.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review and contrast two approaches that water security researchers employ to advance understanding of the complexity of water-society policy challenges, and propose a more integrative approach to address a range of uncertainties, explicitly recognise diversity in society and the environment, incorporate water resources that are less-easily controlled, and consider adaptive approaches to move beyond conventional supply-side prescriptions.

TL;DR: In this paper, the main shortcomings of prevailing water security policy and thinking are found to stem from narrow and determinist analysis that is based on a separation of biophysical and social processes of water resources and their use.