Mismatched Diplomacy: China-India Water Relations Over the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna River Basin

doi:10.1080/10670564.2017.1363014

	Mismatched Diplomacy: China-India Water Relations Over the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna River Basin
	Xie, Lei 1; Zhang, Yanbing 2; Panda, Jagannath P.3
刊名	JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY CHINA
	2018
卷号	27 期号:109 页码:32-46
ISSN号	1067-0564
DOI	10.1080/10670564.2017.1363014
通讯作者	Xie, Lei(lei.xieavoine@gmail.com)
英文摘要	This article sheds light on the nature, forms and outcomes of China's diplomacy over transboundary water resources. Water diplomacy bears unique and complex features and approaches for forming cooperative partnerships in the contextual settings where it is developed. By surveying the development and effectiveness of water diplomacy, it argues that water diplomacy is unlikely to succeed in conditions where power relations are unstable, or among countries experiencing low economic growth.The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) River Basin is examined as a case study. It is noticed that distrust has resulted in the development of complicated dynamics in Sino-Indian water disputes. China has displayed vested interests in its water diplomacy. Not only is the Chinese government seeking economic profits such as through the generation of hydropower, it also seeks to protect its strategic interests through the domination of hydrological data and water policy information. Such strategic interests may obstruct foreign relations unless substantial cooperative water sharing initiatives are implemented. As India has displayed varying interests in the diplomatic process, the outcomes are proving limited and risky. In the absence of substantive collaborative initiatives over water management, the mismatched interests over the GBM Basin have the potential to further strain the already unstable relations between two of the major powers in South Asia.
资助项目	University of Exeter
WOS研究方向	Area Studies
语种	英语
出版者	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000419976400003
资助机构	University of Exeter
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/56850]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Xie, Lei
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Tsinghua Univ, Sch Publ Policy & Management, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Inst Def Studies & Anal, East Asia Ctr, Delhi, India
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xie, Lei,Zhang, Yanbing,Panda, Jagannath P.. Mismatched Diplomacy: China-India Water Relations Over the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna River Basin[J]. JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY CHINA,2018,27(109):32-46.
APA	Xie, Lei,Zhang, Yanbing,&Panda, Jagannath P..(2018).Mismatched Diplomacy: China-India Water Relations Over the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna River Basin.JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY CHINA,27(109),32-46.
MLA	Xie, Lei,et al."Mismatched Diplomacy: China-India Water Relations Over the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna River Basin".JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY CHINA 27.109(2018):32-46.