Section I- Overview
1. Why We Need a Water Diplomacy Handbook
2. The Key Themes, Concepts, and Ideas of Water Diplomacy
3. Navigating the Water Diplomacy Handbook
4. A Living Handbook: Connecting Handbook Contents with the AquaPedia Case Study Database Section II ? Water Diplomacy Themes, Concepts, and Ideas
5. A Hydrology Primer for Diplomats
6. Water as a Source of Conflict
7. Water as a Source of Cooperation
8. Scales of Water Diplomacy
9. Water Diplomacy Paths: An Approach To Recognize Water Diplomacy Actions
10. Water Diplomacy and Third-Party Engagement
11. Actors in Water Diplomacy: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Section III ? Common Water Diplomacy Challenges
12. Mapping the Water Diplomacy Problem Space
13. Managing Water Diplomacy Processes
14. The Role of Scientific Uncertainties in Transboundary Water Negotiations
15. The Role of Distrust in Transboundary Water Relations
16. Creating and Distributing Benefits in Water Diplomacy
17. The Role of Knowledge Transmission in Water Diplomacy
18. Disinformation Challenges in Water Governance and Diplomacy Section IV ? Tools of Water Diplomacy
19. Building Political Will for Water Diplomacy
20. Joint Fact-Finding to Tackle Difficult Water Challenges
21. Modeling to Support Water Management Negotiations
22. Mutual Gains Negotiation in Water Diplomacy
23. Water Markets: Tools for Management and Diplomacy
24. Game Theory: Insights for Water Diplomacy
25. Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Transformative Approaches: Assessing Progress and Potential in Water Diplomacy
26. The Use of Games in Water Diplomacy with Communities
27. International Law and Water Diplomacy
28. Conflict Systems Analysis: Integrating Climate and Water Risks
29. Capacity Development for Water Diplomacy: The Experience Exchange Approach
30. Movement Building Transformative Water Diplomacy Approaches
31. The UN Watercourses Convention and its Relevance to Water Diplomacy and Negotiated Agreements
32. Groundwater Diplomacy: Addressing Unseen but Essential Water Resources
33. Organizations as Third Parties in Water Diplomacy Processes
34. The Human Right to Water and its Relevance to Transboundary Contexts
35. Regional Perspectives on Water and Diplomacy
36. Principled, Pragmatic, Possible: Water Diplomacy in the Great Bay Estuary
37. Neither Necessary nor Sufficient: Roles and Relevance of Enabling Conditions in Resolving Complex Water Problems at Different Scales Section VI ? Case Studies at the Transnational Scale
38. Turkiye’s Perspective on Water Cooperation in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin
39. The Complexity of Transboundary Water Negotiations: A Case Study of Afghanistan and Iran
40. The Salween River Basin: Navigating Transboundary Governance, Development Pressures, and Civil Society Engagement in China, Myanmar, and Thailand
41. The Jordan River Basin 70 Years After the Johnston Plan
42. Water Diplomacy in Support of Sustainable Development: The Case of the Sava River Basin
43. Factors that Contribute to Successful Diplomatic Outcomes: Case Study of the Colorado River Basin Cross-boundary Institution
44. Failed Attempts to Conclude Water Agreements: The Case of the Silala
45. Safeguarding the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest: A Shared Commitment for Future India-Bangladesh Water Agreements Section VII ? Case Studies at the Subnational Scale
46. Urmia Lake Restoration Process: Challenges and Applicability of Water Diplomacy Framework
47. Indigenous Nations, Water, and Conflict
48. Seeing Underground: Understanding Complexity in the Great Basin Groundwater Grab Section VIII ? Case Studies at the Community Scale
49. Sukhomajri Water Management as a Coupled System: Understanding of and Adapting to Evolving Changes in System Dynamics
50. The Role of Heritage in Understanding Community-Scale Water Diplomacy: A Case Study of the Al-Ghab Plain in Syria Section IX ? Reflections
51. Ground Rules for Water Diplomacy Negotiators
52. Water Diplomacy and Transboundary Watercourses: Obstacles and Related Issues in Some Middle Eastern Cases
53. Hydrodiplomacy: The Case of Post-Independence Namibia
54. The Evolving Landscape of Diplomacy Epilogue: Navigating the Future of Water Diplomacy Glossary: A Guide to Key Terms in the Handbook Index