Dr. Pamukcu is a faculty member at the University of Phoenix-Chicago and author of Water Politics (Istanbul: Baglam Publications, 2000) and a dozen articles on water disputes in the Euphrates/Tigris and Jordan River Basins. He is a member of the International Water Resources Association (IWRA). This essay is an extended English version of a paper written in Turkish and submitted to SBF Dergisi (Journal of Political Science Faculty of Istanbul University).