Table of Contents

Contents:Tables, Maps, and FigureAcknowledgementsAbout the Editors andContributors1. The Case for Environmental Peacemaking Ken Conca2. Environmental Cooperation and Regional Peace: Baltic Politics, Programs, and Prospects Stacy D. VanDeveer3. Environmental Cooperation in South Asia Ashok Swain4. The Promises and Pitfalls of Environmental Peacemaking in the Aral Sea Basin Erika Weinthal5. Environmental Cooperation for Regional Peace and Security in Southern Africa Larry A. Swatuk6. Beyond Reciprocity: Governance and Cooperation in the Caspian Sea Douglas W. Blum7. Water Cooperation in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region Pamela M. Doughman8. The Problems and Possibilties of Environmental Peacemaking Ken Conca and Geoffrey D. Dabelko

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There is clearly a need for a book on this topic. The time has come to assess the consequences of environmental institutions and the opportunities they provide for cooperation and initiative. -- Raimo Vayrynen, University of Notre Dame

About the Author

Ken Conca is associate professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland and director of the Harrison Program on the Future Global Agenda. Geoffrey D. Dabelko is director of the Environmental Change and Security Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Reviews

Ken Conca and Geoffrey Dabelko have put together an interesting and useful volume on the potential linkages between environmental cooperation and peace... informative and well written... should be read by scholars and policy actors interested in the potential ways environmental cooperations might promote peace rather than violence. -- Rodger A. Payne ECSP Report The arguments developed in Environmental Peacemaking will be of extraordinary value, especially in shared watersheds, if we are to sustainably meet these needs. -- Christopher Behf Natural Resources Forum Provocative and invaluable... makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the link between environment cooperation and peace. -- Dimitrios Konstadakopulos Perspectives on Politics A provocative and invaluable book... makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the link between environment cooperation and peace. -- Dimitrios Konstadakopulos American Political Science Review It should be of interest to scholars in the field of environmental security, environmental politics and international relations. -- Hilary Nixon International Environmental Agreements