Desalination, (de)securitisation and cooperation
(2017) EuroMed 2017 - Desalination for Clean Water and Energy Cooperation around the World — Location: Tel Aviv, Israel (9.May.2017)
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- The concepts of securitisation and de-securitisation, drawn from the security studies in international relations, explain the discursive construction and deconstruction of security issues. The management of transboundary water resources has long been a national priority issue. By reducing the interdependence between States, large-scale desalination influences these processes associated with the management of transboundary water resources and tends to place them back in the normal sphere of politics. Scholars have been inclined to describe securitisation and desecuritisation as rather efficient or inefficient processes in terms of cooperation while actually failing to provide a pertinent analysis of the implications of desalination on state interactions.This paper intends to fill in the research gap regarding the nexus between desalination, water (de)securitisation and cooperation. It analyses the theoretical background of the securitisation and desecuritisation theories emanating from the Copenhagen School and applies it to the issue of desalination. Using the Red-Dead canal project between Israel, Jordan and Palestine, it illustrates how desalination can increase or decrease cooperation depending on the sociological context of the (de)securitisation move. Lines of research on the factors and implications of desalination on transboundary hydro-politics are also discussed.
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Walschot, M. (2017). Desalination, (de)securitisation and cooperation. EuroMed 2017 - Desalination for Clean Water and Energy Cooperation around the World, Tel Aviv, Israel. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/61721