India's Practice Of Settling Trans-boundary Rivers Conflicts In South Asia And Its Influen Ce On Sino-India Trans-boundary Water Confl Icts

Rising as the largest developing and emerging countries all over the world, China and India boast a really huge population, accounting for over one third of the world's total. Meanwhile, their sustainable economic development, and social and environmental interest depend quite heavily on natural resources. High population and robust economic growth in China and India lead to huge demand for water, and the two great powers in Asia have embarked on the road to exploit the trans-boundary rivers originating from China to South Asia. However, owing to the absence of political trust and existing territory disputes and some other disturbing factors, Indian Media kept speculating "China threat theory of water", as a result of which problems concerning trans-boundary water became an increasing conflict point impairing the Sino-India relations.When it comes to the history of the water resources of the South Asian Sub-continent, the concerned states of that region are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Pakistan, the countries of the Himalayan Block; they encompass several major international rivers. This is a region that has had to deal with some of the most difficult disputes over international rivers, while, at the same time, it has been the beneficiary of some of the most successful and interesting models of cooperation. The regional water law issues in South Asia are of particular international legal importance. Accordingly, we may advocate the need of a fresh approach to Potential Trans-boundary water conflicts and possible Cooperation between China and India by means of analyzing the lessons and experience from conflicts and disputes settlement on South Asia's International Rivers.The thesis is composed of7chapters. Chapter one introduces the selected topic motive. Then, the significance, problems, scope, methodology, and general outline of the dissertation are included in this chapter. A literature review about domestic and international researches relevant in this regard is also given in this part. In chapter two, the thesis explores the inherent and coherent relationship amongst international water conflicts, regional security and international water law. A detailed analysis of regional security and Regional power in south Asian sub-continent is carried out in chapter three. The fourth chapter points out the all aspects of water conflicts as well as cooperation on south Asia's international rivers, which cover legal approach, institutional mechanism, third-party intervention and future prospects. Chapter five introduces the status quo of water resources in China and India, emphasizing on the plans of the two countries to exploit their shared water. How water conflicts between China and India are evoked, and these disputes' influence on the relationship between two countries is also mentioned in this chapter. Chapter six proposes effective solutions to address the Sino-Indian water conflict, suggesting that both the two countries should strengthen their mutual trust in political dimension, introduce mechanism of third party&institutional arrangements, and promote technical collaboration in terms of water resource management and water exploitation so as to deal with the challenge facing them. Meanwhile, enactment of bilateral and multilateral treaties should be improved for the purpose of settling the water conflicts. Finally, the thesis concludes that lessons and experience from conflicts and disputes settlement on South Asia's International Rivers can afford us the fresh approach to Trans-boundary water conflicts and Cooperation between China and India. The brilliant prospect in terms of shared water cooperation in the whole region (not only concerning the cooperation of China and India, but also the cooperation between China, India, and all south Asian countries) will be looked forward to.