TY - THES ID - 134641158 TI - NILE ESSENTIALISM: Setting the Precedent for Future Water Conflicts? AU - Saleh, Rineem AU - Hooghe, Marc AU - KU Leuven. Faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen. Opleiding Master of International Politics (Leuven) PY - 2022 PB - Leuven KU Leuven. Faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen DB - UniCat UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134641158 AB - For years, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan have been conducting a series of negotiations over the filing and annual operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) but have continuously failed to strike a successful deal agreed upon by these actors. By utilizing a conceptual framework of 'hydro-hegemony' solidified by realist and post-positivist international relations theory, this work attempts to better understand the existent hindrances to appropriate negotiations conducted by state actors on the Nile Basin. This research examines what elements can be altered and improved to adequately achieve negotiations and focuses on factors of history, power, diplomacy, trust, cooperation and external actors. This research is significant as we approach a more uncertain future with climate change with an increased possibility of water conflicts that will heavily rely on successful negotiations. While there has been no compromise towards successful negotiation procedures yet regarding the GERD crisis, this work offers with some concluding recommendations for moving forward in the final section. ER -