Water Treaties Under Stress: A Critical Review of Settlement Mechanisms
Publication trail
- Received14 October 2025
- Revised8 January 2026
- Accepted19 February 2026
- Published1 April 2026
Review took 128 days from receipt to acceptance
Abstract
A critical review of dispute-settlement mechanisms in existing water treaties, measuring their resilience to changing flow rates. It shows that mechanisms designed to share fixed volumes fail once the volume itself becomes variable, and proposes a proportional-sharing formula.
Keywords
- Water Security
- Dispute Settlement
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- The sole author is responsible for the entire work.
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- This study received no funding from any party.
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- The author declares no conflict of interest.
- Data availability
- The analysed treaty texts are public and available in their cited sources.
References
- Al-Otaibi, H. (2026). Regional water security amid climate change. EISSL.
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Al-Otaibi, H. (2026). Water Treaties Under Stress: A Critical Review of Settlement Mechanisms. Eissa Journal of Strategic Studies, 1(1), 11–42. https://doi.org/10.5281/eissl.journal.2026.0011
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