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Biography Murray Biedler Wynyard (Canada), 1957 Consultant Hydrology, Rhode University (South Africa), 1992 Ceris 2002-2003 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I wish to acknowledge and thank my supervisor Professor Robert Anciaux of the Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, for his orientation and generous support of this work. Acknowledgements and thanks are due also to the Centre Européen de Recherches Internationales et Stratégiques – Ceris, to the Université de Paris XI - Faculté Jean Monnet Programme Master of Arts in International Politics – 2003-2004, and to the Institute Director Professor André Mirroir for inviting me to participate. Murray Biedler June 2004 2
Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................ 4 Hydropolitics and the Water Security Complex……………………………………. 4 The Twin Rivers of the Tigris and Euphrates ........................................................... 5 The Euphrates............................................................................................................. 6 The Tigris .................................................................................................................... 6 Water Development, History and Security in the Tigris-Euphrates Basin………. 10 Water Development, History and Security in Turkey……………………………….12 Financing of GAP: Turkey versus The World………………………………………15 The Politics of GAP………………………………………………………………….. 15 Water Development, History and Security in Syria.................................................. 15 Water Development, History and Security in Iraq....................................................17 Iraq, War and Water………………………………………………………………….. 24 Hydropolitics and Hydrological Impacts on Regional Security ............................. 20 Turkey’s Keban Dam and Syria’s Lake Assad………………………………………. 26 Turkey and the Attaturk Reservoir…………………………………………………. 26 Syria, the Orontes River and Hatay Province………………………………………. 28 Iraq and GAP…………………………………………………………………………. 30 Hydropolitical Conflict Resolution: Attempts to Achieve Regional Hydrological Harmony and Security………………………………………………30 The Joint Technical Committee (JTC) and Regional Tripartite Meetings……….. 31 International Water Rules and Water Rights………………………………………. 33 Exporting from the Water-Rich to the Water-Poor: Inter-Basin Transfers………35 Hydropolitical Conflict Resolution: Alternatives………………………………… 36 Ecological Approach to Management………………………………………………. 36 External Mediation…………………………………………………………………….37 The Role of the EU: Regional Power and External Mediator?............................ 38 EU Development Policy on Water………………………………………………….. 38 The EU - Turkey Relationship……………………………………………………….. 40 Turkey and Accession………………………………………………………………… 41 Conclusions............................................................................................................... 34 3
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