ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at the Nile Basin as a case study where transboundary water conflict and cooperation have been co-existing. It provides an atypical approach to understanding what the conflict in the Nile Basin is about – by looking at the two different paradigms that have been informing decision-making processes regarding management, development and allocation of the shared water resources, and at the central role that water availability, demands and related infrastructure play in it. Besides it provides analysis on the latest attempts to promote convergence of paradigms at multilateral and trilateral level, its limitations and potential.
