Essays about: "GERD"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the word GERD.

1. 1. Cooperation be damned : A study on water relations in The Nile River Basin

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

   Author : Gustav Alfvin; [2022]
   Keywords : Human Security; Water Wars; Egypt; Ethiopia; Process Tracing; GERD;

   Abstract : The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam built on the Nile has sparked conflicts for over twelve years now since it was first announced in 2009. But in 2020 when Ethiopia finally started to fill this behemoth of a dam hostilities ramped up between Egypt and Ethiopia. READ MORE

3. 2. Protecting the Nile : Egypt’s crisis exploitation of the GERD crisis (2011-2021)

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Elisa Andrea Viteri Marquez; [2022]
   Keywords : crisis exploitation; Egypt; water security; GERD; Nile; water management;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses the framing and exploitation of the ‘water security’ crisis triggered in Egypt by the construction the Gran Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) during the period of its construction (2011-2021). Through the analysis of members of the executive statements, policy documents, and actions on the ground, this study contributes to crisis exploitation theory by pointing at other categories that had allowed for policy change, such as funding and the influence of international organizations. READ MORE

4. 3. “We are dealing here with a hydroelectric dam, we are not building a nuclear plant” : A case study of securitization processes in water cooperation contexts

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Frida Müntzing; [2022]
   Keywords : Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam GERD ; Securitization theory; Water security; Human Security; Hydro hegemony; Water cooperation; Blue Nile; Ethiopia; Sudan; Egypt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In 2011, Ethiopia began the construction of the “Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam” (GERD) in the Blue Nile and in 2020 the first filling took place which escalated tensions in the shared waters and provoked concerns from Egypt and Sudan. The aim of the thesis is to broaden the understanding of water sharing issues by conducting a case study of the GERD developments between 2011 and the beginning of 2022 with a focus on securitization processes. READ MORE

5. 4. Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam : Sudan`s Internal  Policy Response and Implications

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Abdalrhman Hamid Alfadil Hamid; [2021]
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   Abstract : The inception of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam GERD in 2011 by Ethiopia in the Blue Nile River has created an unprecedented series of conflicts between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan. It has also stirred a covert dispute over shares and rights of Nile water. READ MORE

6. 5. Lord of the Nile : Explaining how the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has affected Ethiopian Foreign Relations

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Joseph Lindqvist; [2021]
   Keywords : Constructivism; Hydro-Hegemony; Nile River; Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam; GERD; East Africa; China; Ethiopia.; Konstruktivism; Nilen; Stora Etiopiska Renässansdammen; Östafrika; Kina; Ethiopien;

   Abstract : The aim of this essay is to examine how the foreign relationships of Ethiopia has developed as a result of the construction and filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam between 2011 and 2021. This essay therefore asks: How has Ethiopia’s foreign relations with the EU, Egypt, Sudan and China changed, have those relationships become more conflictual or cooperative, and how could potential changes be explained using a constructivist perspective? Constructivism is used as a means of explaining changes in the statements, positions and policies of these countries through concepts such as “norms” and “identities”. READ MORE