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Trust in Transboundary Waters : Identifying Trust-Building in Water Diplomacy Literature

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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Keskinen, M
Häkkinen, E
Haapala, J
Sharipova, B

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Water Alternatives, Volume 16, issue 3, pp. 949-977

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Trust-building, one of the key tools in diplomatic negotiations and peace processes, is an essential way to promote cooperation over transboundary waters shared by several countries. Combining water-related know-how with diplomatic mechanisms and foreign policy, water diplomacy provides a particularly relevant context in which to approach trust over transboundary waters. This paper examines trust and trust-building activities in literature related to water diplomacy, linking them to conceptualisations of trust in the fields of international relations and natural resource management. The reviewed publications and key-informant interviews emphasise the importance of trust in water diplomacy processes. The literature and interviews also allow us to identify ten categories of potential trust-building activities in water diplomacy. Based on this, we propose a basic conceptualisation for approaching trust and trust-building in water diplomacy. The findings indicate that, while trust is considered an important element in water diplomacy processes, the discussion would benefit from a more systematic approach. At the same time, water diplomacy processes provide a unique context for studying the role of trust and trust-building in international relations.

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Keskinen, M, Häkkinen, E, Haapala, J & Sharipova, B 2023, 'Trust in Transboundary Waters : Identifying Trust-Building in Water Diplomacy Literature', Water Alternatives, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 949-977. < https://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol16/v16issue3/727-a16-3-11/file >

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