As standards of living increase around the world, water resources will continue to become a more valuable commodity. Waterways, however, are not contained in the political boundaries that we have created, they naturally flow as the landscape dictates.
Conflict then arises when two or more nations vie for a water bodies limited supply.
Water resource conflict is not new, the Middle East has experienced water related conflict as early as 5000 years ago. The question now is with possibility of water related conflict increasingly become an issue in international relationships, how can we peacefully resolve these issues in a impartial manner. This is the topic I would like to explore in this project. The nature of international water resource conflict. The possibility of game theory as a method of conflict resolution.