Essays about: "Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam.

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. The Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam : A study of its ontological importance and impact on Ethiopia

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Lise Stenberg; [2022]
   Keywords : Ethiopia; Transboundary water conflict; Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam; Self-identity;

   Abstract : How does the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam affect Ethiopia’s ontological security? This study proposes that the ontological security perspective must be comprehended within the analysis of the dam’s importance, in order to grasp certain dimensions of security which otherwise could remain unnoticed. Thus, the fact that Ethiopia has executed the dam’s building, despite the regional controversy and different forms of attacks it has implied – and was expected to imply in the initial case - suggests that the traditional security perspective is not sufficient in order to understand the dam’s causes as well as the long-term determination regarding the dam’s execution. READ MORE

5. 4. Political Conceptualisation of Environmental History : Mega Infrastructure Assessment through WEF Nexus and PlanetaryBoundaries,Perspectives on Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

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

   Author : Alessandra Giolo; [2021]
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6. 5. 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