Security and Human Right to Water in Central Asia

Miguel Ángel Pérez Martín, PhD, is teacher and researcher at the Institute of Development and Cooperation, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain and coordinator of the Observatory of Human Right to Water. He is a specialist in water resources and Eurasian studies and has conducted research in Iran, the UK, Germany, and Kazakhstan.

• 1. Introduction .- 2. A water history of Central Asia .- 3. Environmental security, water resources and international security organizations .- 4. Economic security and water resources and security organizations .- 5. Political security, water resources and security organizations in the Amu-Darya .- 6. Conclusions.