خلاصة:
Countries adjacent to the Harirud (Hari River) basin (Iran، Afghanistan and Turkmenistan) suffer from water shortages and simultaneous increasing populations and expanding needs in the agricultural and industrial sectors. These rising problems have illuminated the inefficiency of myopic attitudes and plans which have been implemented in the past years in order to overcome the troubles arising from drought in regional countries. Under such circumstances، expansion of regional cooperation on water questions necessitates the avoiding of realist attitudes to security and water and attention to these two issues within the framework of human security. This framework can lead to the expansion of water cooperation in the Harirud basin countries based on mutual interest of the regional people and meeting their reasonable needs within the region. On this basis، this article emphasizes the necessity of change in traditional attitudes to the question of water and security to prevent the transformation of water shortage to a source of dispute and conflict among regional nations. It also offers solutions for the expansion of water cooperation among Iran، Afghanistan and Turkmenistan in the Harirud basin and overcoming problems arising from water shortage in the region.
ملخص الجهاز:
Hydropolitics and Human Security: Water Cooperation in Relations between Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan Vahid Sinaei Abstract Countries adjacent to the Harirud (Hari River) basin (Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan) suffer from water shortages and simultaneous increasing populations and expanding needs in the agricultural and industrial sectors.
It also offers solutions for the expansion of water cooperation among Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan in the Harirud basin and overcoming problems arising from water shortage in the region.
Human security - a general concept including several levels of security – is an appropriate attitude to water cooperation in the Harirud basin, which concerns Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan.
Considering how drought and water tensions are among the geographical and question of the natural traits of West and Central Asia, the main article is related to what solutions and measures should be considered in order to counter a drought crisis in the Harirud basin and resultant problems in relations between Afghanistan, Iran and Turkmenistan.
Under such conditions, bilateral or multilateral agreements and treaties among states and their attitude towards the question of national or human security concerning shared water resources gain importance.
Hydropolitics and Water Shortage in the Harirud Basin Countries located in West Asia - including Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan - are located in arid and semiarid regions and parts of their territories are mountainous as well.
This framework is capable of understanding and dealing with threats related to the vitality and survival of humans residing in this region, national security considerations, requirements concerning the cooperation of protection of the environment, development and countries for meeting their mutual needs.