Security and Human Right to Water in Central Asia; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; Water, Security and Human Security; Human Right to Water, Constructivism and International Organizations; The Normal Politics or Desecuritization; The Extraordinary Politics; The Exceptional Politics; Multilateral Organizations; HRWS, Empowerment and Emancipation; Participation, Civil Society and Multilateral Organizations; Notes; 2 A Water History of Central Asia; Why the Amu Darya?; The Scene; Geography of Central Asia

Central Asia, Afghanistan and the Amu Darya: A Controversial BorderSociety and Water Resources; The Russian Conquest; The Kazakh Steppes; The Oasis; The Empire in Central Asia; The Amu Darya: A New Frontier; The World Wars; The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan and the USSR Dissolution; Geography of Amu Darya River; Demography in the Amu Darya Basin; Where Does the River's Watercourse Come from and How Is It Distributed?; Who Controls the Amu Darya's Watercourse?; Water Resources Management in the Amu Darya; Notes

3 Environmental Security, Water Resources and International Security OrganizationsThe Soviet Union, Water and Environment; Environment, Water and the Aral Sea; Agricultural Pollution; Industrial Pollution; Climate Change; Waste Dumps and Military Complexes; The Military Complexes; International Security Organizations and the Environment; The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS); The Minsk Summit; The CIS, Agents, Acts and Contexts; The Soviet Leadership; The CIS: From Desecuritization to the Dissolution of the Environmental Question

What Circumstances Could Contribute to the Weak Institutionalization of the Environmental Cooperation Within the CIS?The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO); Speech and Environment; The OSCE: A Large Securitization Process; Securitization of Water, Securitizing Agents and the Dispositif; the Platform for Co-operative Security and 2007 Strategy for a New Partnership with Central Asia, EUWI; ENVSEC Initiative; EU Strategy for a New Partnership with Central Asia; Success or Failure of the OSCE's Water Securitization Process?; NATO, Security, Environment and the Speak Act

Securitization Process and DispositifENVSEC Projects Implemented by NATO in Central Asia; Notes; 4 Economic Security, Water Resources and International Security Organizations (NATO, OSCE, CSTO, SCO); Introduction; Growth and Poverty; Economic Relevance in the Amu Darya Basin; Introduction; Agriculture and Food Security; Cotton Monoculture in Central Asia; Uzbek Cotton; Water and Energy; Agriculture, Energy and Pollution; The CIS and the EAEU; The EAEU Background; The Eurasian Union Community: Actors and Leadership in Central Asia; EAEU and Water Resources; The Russian Role, Energy and Water