Haefner explores the drivers of conflict and cooperation between states in transnational river basins. She provides a three level analysis across three case studies, including the regional framework, the River Basin Organisations, and the micro-level.

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Cooperation and Conflict in Transboundary River Basins - A Framework

Chapter 3: Troubled Mekong: Upstream-downstream Challenges and Current Developments

Chapter 4: Danube River: The Leading Example?

Chapter 5: La Plata River Basin: Overlapping Bilateral and Multilateral Treaties

Chapter 6: Cross Case Analysis, Findings and Lessons

Chapter 7: Conclusion

Andrea Haefner is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute in Brisbane, Australia, where she also received her PhD. She has previously worked with international and national organisations in Asia and with the German local government. Her research focuses on non-traditional security issues focusing on environmental security and water governance.