ABSTRACT

Water diplomacy agents typically manage tensions between promoting peace and securing self-interest. This paper conducts a discourse analysis of a commissioned policy report by a leading Netherlands think-tank that helped inform Dutch policy on water diplomacy. We first establish the importance of the report. We then identify its focus on the theme of ‘neutral broker’ and apply vocabulary analysis, argumentation analysis and metaphor analysis, together leading up to frame analysis. From this report and the larger water diplomacy literature, we propose that water diplomacy must be viewed in connection with discursive politics and trade promotion. We illustrate relevant methods for future enquiry.

摘要

水外交代理人通常管理促进和平与确保自身利益之间的紧张关系。本文对荷兰领先智囊团委托编写的政策报告进行了话语分析，该报告有助于为荷兰的水外交政策提供信息。我们首先确定报告的重要性。然后，我们确定其对“中立经纪人”主题的关注，并应用词汇分析、论证分析和隐喻分析，共同进行框架分析。根据这份报告和更广泛的水外交文献，我们建议必须将水外交与话语政治和贸易促进联系起来看待。我们说明了未来查询的相关方法。