ABSTRACT

This chapter examines the second case study, the construction of the Kambarata Dam in Kyrgyzstan. The chapter places the dam at the centre of its analysis to illustrate how state power is wielded in hydropolitics. It identifies a number of counter-hegemonic tactics put in place by the Kyrgyz hydrocracy to carry out its hydraulic mission. Just as the Rogun Dam did, the revitalisation of the Kambarata Dam in the 2000s triggered an animated regional debate and quickly became a matter of foreign policy in regional politics.