Publications

Rosenblum, Z.H. Assessing the governance of transboundary freshwater wetlands. Int Environ Agreements 26, 307–325 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10784-025-09702-z

Beames, P. L., Brauman, K. A., Keys, P. W., McCracken, M., Mitchell, P., Rosengaertner, S., Schmeier, S., Wolf, A. T., & Gremillion, M. (2025). Pathways to instability: A synthetic framework to parse connections between water and conflict. Environment and Security, 3(4), 426-456. https://doi.org/10.1177/27538796251340790

Zawahri, N., Schmeier, S., & McCracken, M. (2025). The effectiveness of joint basin institutions in managing international water disputes. Environment and Security, 3(4), 482-510. https://doi.org/10.1177/27538796251347886

Offutt, Alyssa, and Susanne Schmeier. 2025. “Clearing the Waters: A Review of Transboundary Water Quality Governance.” Water International 51 (1): 37–57. doi:10.1080/02508060.2025.2562685.

Turgul, Alexandra C. 2025. Power, Water, and Peace In the Middle East: A Multi-Scalar Analysis of Power and Hydropolitics In the Jordan and Euphrates-Tigris River Basins. : Oregon State University.

Turgul, Alexandra, E. Lynn Porta, Melissa McCracken, and Aaron T. Wolf. "Changing Values: Trends in International Freshwater Agreements." In World Scientific Handbook of Transboundary Water Management, Vol. 3, The Role of Formal and Informal Institutions in Managing Transboundary Basins, edited by Neda A. Zawahri, 19–50. Singapore: World Scientific, 2025. https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/9789811291388_0002.

Susanne Schmeier, Melissa McCracken, and Aaron T. Wolf. 2025. “Harnessing the Benefits of Water Cooperation in an Increasingly Complex World,” New Security Beat. Published online: 21 March 2025.

Susanne Schmeier and Melissa McCracken. 2025. "Water cooperation is essential when countries share lakes and rivers – yet it’s been deteriorating in many places, with serious consequences," The Conversation. Published online: 18 March 2025.

Melissa McCracken. 2024. "Scarcity and water cooperation," The Geographer. Published online: 20 September 2024.

The Water Diplomat. "Shared Waters Lab Partnership Launches TFDD Explorer tool." The Water Diplomat. Published online: 6 September 2024.

Melissa McCracken quoted in the Horizons Magazine on the importance of international treaties and water cooperation. Published online: 05 September 2024.

Kate Chi and Melissa McCracken. 2024. "Water usage in cooling systems for electricity production: an event study of retrofitted coal-fired power plants in the United States," Environmental Research Letters. Published online: 30 August 2024.

Schmeier, Susanne, Jenniver Sehring, Alyssa Offutt, Bota Sharipova, and Mohd Faizee. "Multi-track water diplomacy: how political processes can foster cooperation over shared transboundary watercourses." In Handbook on the Governance and Politics of Water Resources, edited by Oliver Fritsch and David Benson, 311–323. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800887909.00033.

Alexandra Turgul, Melissa McCracken, Susanne Schmeier, Zoe H. Rosenblum, Lynette de Silva, and Aaron T. Wolf. 2024. “Reflections on transboundary water conflict and cooperation trends,” Water International. Published online: 07 March 2024.

Alejandra Sanchez-Rios, Thi B. Truong, Jennifer A.T.K. Wong-Ala, Melissa McCracken, and Melva Treviño. 2023. “Unpacking Diversity: A Grassroots Initiative and Its Institutional Evolution,” Oceanography. Published Online: 05 December 2023.

Rosenblum, Zoe H., and Aaron T. Wolf. "Implications of Chile v. Bolivia for Transboundary Wetlands." Wyoming Law Review 23, no. 2 (2023): 117–26.

Rosenblum, Z. H., & Schmeier, S. (2023). Exploring cooperation over transboundary wetlands: the Hamoun Wetlands, Okavango Delta and Wadden Sea. Water International, 48(4), 527–546. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2023.2226514

Alexandra Turgul, Zoe H. Rosenblum, Melissa McCracken, Susanne Schmeier, and Aaron T. Wolf. 2023. “Can Water Help Quench the Flames of Hostility? How Shared Waters Can Promote Dialogue During Conflict,” SAIS Review of International Affairs. 43(2): 69-94. Published online: 30 January 2023.

Rosenblum, Zoe Hoffman, and Susanne Schmeier. 2022. "Global Wetland Governance: Introducing the Transboundary Wetlands Database" Water 14, no. 19: 3077. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14193077

Sehring, Jenniver, Susanne Schmeier, Rozemarijn ter Horst, Alyssa Offutt, and Bota Sharipova. "Diving into Water Diplomacy – Exploring the Emergence of a Concept", Diplomatica 4, 2 (2022): 200-221.

Offutt, Alyssa. "A Gendered Perspective on the Multiple Scales of Water Conflict." In Gender Dynamics in Transboundary Water Governance: Feminist Perspectives on Water Conflict and Cooperation, edited by Jenniver Sehring, Rozemarijn ter Horst, and Margreet Zwarteveen, 58–72. London: Routledge, 2022.

Offutt, Alyssa. 2022. “Mixing Waters: Stakeholder Influence in Transboundary Water Conflict and Cooperation.” Water International 47 (4): 583–609. doi:10.1080/02508060.2022.2059322.

McCracken, Melissa. 2022. Defining Effective Transboundary Water Cooperation (1st ed.). Routledge: New York. Published online: 29 March 2022.

Susanne Schmeier, Aaron T. Wolf, and Melissa McCracken. 2021. Handbook on Water Allocation in a Transboundary Context. United Nations: Geneva. Published online: December 2021.

McCracken, Melissa. 2021. “A Global Water Solution: An Example of the Sustainable Development Goal Target 6.5.” In Resolving Water Conflicts Workbook. Lynette de Silva and Chris Maser (Eds). CRC Press. Published online: 24 November 2021.

Bréhaut, Christian, Fatine Ezbakhe, Melissa McCracken, Aaron T. Wolf, and James Dalton. 2021. “Exploring discursive hydropolitics: a conceptual framework and research agenda.” International Journal of Water Resources Development. Published online: 26 July 2021.

Rosenblum, Zoe H. 2020. Transboundary Wetlands: Exploring Formal Mechanisms for Cooperation. : Oregon State University.

McCracken, Melissa and Aaron T. Wolf. 2019. “Updating the Register of International River Basins of the World.” International Journal of Water Resources Development. Published online: 29 March 2019.

McCracken, Melissa and Chloé Meyer. 2018. “Transboundary Water Cooperation and The Sustainable Development Goals.” On Science Trends. 10 December 2018.

McCracken, Melissa. 2018. “Shared Water Conflict and Cooperation.” In Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences Module of the Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, 2e. Jerome Nriagu (Ed).