The Ganges River Negotiation: Idealism of Regional Cooperation or Pragmatic Bilateralism

Punam Pandey

India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, 2018, vol. 74, issue 4, 438-454

Abstract: Negotiations between neighbours over river disputes are not only about water, they come embedded with other bilateral concerns. Thus, the solution of a river dispute depends on comparative bargaining capabilities of riparians on their many other contentious matters. This assumption has been applied in investigating and analysing the Ganges River negotiation between India and Bangladesh. The literature on the Ganges has focussed on integrated river development perspectives. The present analysis underlines the convergence of water with other bilateral concerns. The examination of a quarter-century negotiation on the Ganges confirms the correlation between positive outcomes and better linkages between multiple issues.

Keywords: Ganges River; bilateral negotiation; United Nations; Nepal; Indo-Bangladesh relationship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/0974928418802076

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