Want to learn more about one the rivers that started all civilization?
Join for our 10-part webinar series on the Euphrates-Tigris, one of the most iconic river basins in the world. For at least six thousand years, its waters have been at the core of agricultural and economic development in the region, giving birth to one of the first world civilizations: the Mesopotamia (known in Arabic as ‘bayn al nahrein’ or ‘between the rivers’).
Throughout the past century, the basin has been going through massive technological, socio-economic and political transformations, which have contributed to change the course of history and even the course of the river. Alongside, the Euphrates-Tigris basin has become a hotspot of regional and global geopolitics. Will intense hydropolitical dynamics impact peace and security in the region? Or can they be an entry point to foster regional collaboration and cooperation that reaches well beyond the rivers’ banks?
The series brings together experts, researchers, practitioners and decision-makers from the four riparian countries - Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey - to debate the past and present hydropolitical developments in the basin. While at the same endorsing a looking-forward approach: What are the possible future scenarios, its implications and what can be the course of action starting from now?
Organized by Professor Mekonnen Gebremichael and Dr. Ana Elisa Cascão, the series gathers a global audience for critical and open discussion on the main challenges and opportunities faced by Euphrates-Tigris region.
Presented to you by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development.
To Attend, Please Register at the following link: https://ucla.in/3uFsfZi
Upcoming Events
June 22, 2022
Food Security and Water Security in the Middle East Region
Past Events
Faisal Husain — April 13, 2022
Water & Power in the Ottoman Tigris-Euphrates Basin
Ayşegül Kibaroğlu and Hassan Janabi — April 27, 2022
Water Diplomacy in the Euphrates-Tigris region: Present and Future
Mehdi Fasihi and Nouar Shamout — May 11, 2022
Science, Policy and Politics: Inflows in Transboundary Interaction in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin
Amin Dezfuli and Ömer Lütfi Şen — May 25, 2022
Climate Change Risks and Scenarios: What is at stake in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin?
Arda Bilgen and Salman Khairalla — June 8, 2022
Dams, Development & Degradation in the Euphrates-Tigris Basins
8:00am Pacific Time = 3:00pm UTC; 6:00pm Istanbul/Baghdad/Damascus; 7:30pm Tehran