Security and Human Right to Water in Central Asia pp 153-166 | Cite as
Conclusions
Abstract
In this chapter, the author draws final conclusions on the security policies of international security organizations in the area related to water in each of the dimensions of human security (environmental, economic, social and political) and possible action guidelines to mitigate water conflicts in the region with reference to the Human Right to Water and Sanitation (HRSW). The creation of a security community focused on HRWS could be an answer to the current lack of cooperation on water resources in Central Asia, showing the advantages of this resource when it is shared and not hoarded (zero-sum games), though this new culture of water, based on the HRWS, would obviously demand, as Immanuel Kant might have said, a learning process, a process of construction of a new common identity built around an indispensable element of human life and the welfare of people in Central Asia: water.
Keywords
Water insecurity National construction Extraordinary politics Community security Civil society EmpowermentReferences
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