在後冷戰時期，由於國際氛圍的改變以及全球化的影響，國家間互動密切，國際關係學者與政策制定者關心的議題逐漸從軍事層面慢慢轉向非軍事的面，因此所謂的非傳統安全也逐漸受到重視。國家開始注意到其他許多問題，諸如環保、移民、國際走私等問題，也發現這些問題影響的範圍及層面其實相當的廣泛，這些問題使得國內局面動盪不安，也跟著影響了國家安全，而一些跨國界的問題，例如環保問題，由於人類對環境的過度使用及破壞，一方面使得國家社會經濟層面受到影響，一方面國家之間為了爭奪這些珍貴資源，將無可避免地發生衝突。
本研究探討了非傳統安全中一個分類議題---環境安全，而資源安全也包括在其中。關於環境問題是否為安全議題的一環，引起了無數爭論，不過目前對於環境問題是安全的一環，學界已有一個大致上的共識。水資源安全是環境安全概念下引申出來的分支，對於水資源的爭奪，是衝突的潛在引爆點。
水是人類生存的必需品，在二十一世紀，水更是一切發展的關鍵，關係著國民的健康，國民健康關係著國力，水也和工業、農業發展息息相關。因此水不只是一個環境問題或是經濟問題，水更和國家安全緊密相連。且新鮮水資源沒有替代品，由於人口成長和氣候變遷的影響，未來新鮮水資源將會更難取得。
在世界上的許多地區都把獲得水源視為國家安全的一部份，不惜為水一戰，特別是對於國際河川之爭奪，對乾旱地區的國家來說，水資源問題是會影響到國家生存和發展的戰略問題，特別是那些用水特別緊張的地區，為水而起的衝突一觸即發。本研究以非洲尼羅河流域為例，檢視水資源問題是否為國家安全的一部分，以及爭奪水資源是否會成為戰爭的引爆點。
由於沒有一個國家可以獨占水資源，國家間在水的議題上必須共同合作，探討出一個大家共同接受的管理模式，各國在水資源使用上才能達到最大的效益。

壹、中文資料
一、中文專書
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薛朝勇。〈中亞地區水資源衝突與區域安全〉。發表於《第五屆台灣與中亞論壇學術會議》，中壢清雲科技大學，2005年11月23-24日。
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參、網路資料
經濟部水利署
http://www.wra.gov.tw/
台灣大學全球變遷研究中心
http://www.gcrc.ntu.edu.tw/
環境資訊中心
http://e-info.org.tw/
淡江大學水資源管理與政策研究中心
http://www.water.tku.edu.tw/
Global Environment Facility
http://www.gefweb.org/index.html
International Forum on Globalization
http://www.ifg.org/index.htm
International Rivers Network
http://www.irn.org/
International Water Management Institute
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/
IUCN Water and Nature Initiative
http://www.waterandnature.org/
Nile Basin Initiative
http://www.nilebasin.org/
Pacific Institute
http://www.worldwater.org/
Pacific institute for studies in development, environment, and security
http://www.pacinst.org/
Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database(Oregon State University)
http://www.transboundarywaters.orst.edu/
United Nations
http://www.un.org/
World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/index.html
World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/en/
World Watch Institute
http://www.worldwatch.org/