The Importance of Water Resources in Central Asian Countries: Case Study of the Kyrgyz Republic
https://doi.org/10.53658/RW2025-4-1(15)-82-97
Abstract
The article examines the situation in the field of water resources in the Central Asian region. Due to the uneven distribution of water resources and unilateral steps taken by some countries to use them from transboundary watercourses, interstate relations have been exacerbated. The article reveals the level of water resource management by the Central Asian states. Using the example of the Kyrgyz Republic, efforts to regulate transboundary water resources are considered. An assessment is being made of the ability of state governments in the region to resolve water issues without conflict. International water projects in the states of the region are considered to ease tensions. A number of features of the water policy in Central Asian countries which have not been resolved as problematic issues since the collapse of the Soviet Union are highlighted. The article reveals the importance of water resources for development of the Central Asian states.
Keywords
Central Asia,
water resources,
international cooperation,
climatic conditions,
water resources of the Kyrgyz Republic,
conflict,
water policy of the Kyrgyz Republic,
hydroelectric power stations
Supporting agencies: The article was prepared within the framework of the International Academic Mobility Program organized by the National Research Institute for the Communication Development for young scientists from foreign countries.
About the Author
A. N. Nurdinova
Diplomatic Academy named after K.Dikambaev of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Asel N. NURDINOVA. Doctoral Student of Philosophy PhD in International Relations. Chief specialist of the International Military Cooperation Department at the Ministry of Defence of the Kyrgyz Republic
36, Erkindik str., Bishkek, 720047
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Nurdinova A.N. The Importance of Water Resources in Central Asian Countries: Case Study of the Kyrgyz Republic. Russia & World: Sc. Dialogue. 2025;(1):82-97. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.53658/RW2025-4-1(15)-82-97
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