Dr Farhad Mukhtarov (Assistant Professor of Governance and Public Policy at the International Institute of Social Studies) recently participated in a workshop to water security in the South Caucasus.
Organized by the Partnership for Peace Consortium (PfPC) and the Ministry of Defence of Austria, the workshop on 'Water Security: Challenges and Policy Options for the South Caucasus States' discussed policy recommendations.
Participating in the panel on 'Geopolitics and Water - Threats and Opportunities', Mukhtarov reported on his research on the relationships between water scarcity or abundance, livelihoods/employment and migration on the borders Azerbaijan as part of the Water, Securitization Anxieties and Border Imaginaries (WASABI) research project at ISS.
The discussion was inspired by the policy paper of the ISS-led South Caucasus Water Academics Network (SWAN) published the Planetary Security Initiative of Institute Clingendael.
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