FEATURES OF SECURITIZATION OF THE WATER ISSUE IN ETHIOPIA WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF CRITICAL APPROACHES TO SECURITY STUDIES
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https://doi.org/10.17072/2218-1067-2023-4-68-80Keywords:
Ethiopia; Renaissance Dam; water security; national security; securitization; discoursive analysisAbstract
This article seeks to explore the problem of water security in Ethiopia, involving the implementation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project. With its existential significance for the Ethiopian nation attributed to the dam, discovering the mechanisms of constructing threats to water security, as well as possible structural preconditions for a shift from confrontational to compromise politics, are examined. Therefore, an analysis of the Ethiopian discourse on GERD is being carried out in order to identify possible signs of securitisation and / or de-securitisation of the water issue. The research also compares the explanatory power of various approaches within the theory of securitisation for this case. The key finding is the explanation of the phenomenon of water securitisation in Ethiopia as an established political technology for the management of internal processes, in contrast to the traditional approach which posits an intersubjective policy of decisive action.References
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