The influence of domestic politics on transboundary water interactions over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Abstract This article examines the influence of domestic politics on transboundary water conflict and cooperation in the Eastern Nile, with a particular focus on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Drawing on the Transboundary Water Interaction Nexus (TWINS) framework, the paper argues that hydropolitical relations over the GERD are best understood as a continuum of shifting conflict and cooperation shaped not only by interstate power asymmetries but also by domestic political contexts i