Anders Jägerskog is counselor for regional water issues in the MENA region at the Embassy of Sweden in Amman, Jordan. He is also associate professor of peace and development at Gothenburg University. He was formerly head of the Transboundary Water Management Unit at the SIWI where he also served as the program manager of the U.N. Development Program Shared Waters Partnership. The views expressed by Jägerskog do not necessarily reflect the views of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency or the Swedish Government.