Essays about: "Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam GERD"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam 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. “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

  4. 3. 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]
    Keywords : ;

    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

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. GERD: An appraisal

    University essay from KTH/Hälsoinformatik och logistik

    Author : Osman Eltom; [2020]
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    Abstract : AbstractThe grandEthiopianRenaissanceDam,amajorhydropowerprojectlocatedintheBlueNilein Ethiopia,isprojectedtobecomeoneofthebiggestsourcesofhydroelectricpowerinAfricaby2022.Thescaleoftheprojectisburdenedwithaconsiderableenvironmentalandsocialload,the magnitudeofitsimpactdependingonafewkeydecisionsmadeduringtheinauguralstages. READ MORE