The Hungarian-Slovakian Conflict over the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Dams: An Analysis
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1. The Conflict On 16 September 1977, the two socialist countries, Hungary and the CSSR, signed a bilateral treaty in which they agreed to build a cross-border system of dams between Gabcíkovo and Nagymaros on the Danube. The Soviet Union, hoping for improved navigability for her war fleet, had already pushed forward such plans in the 1950s. The two states party to the treaty sought to gain certain advantages from this barrage project. It was hoped that the integrated hydroelectric power stations would improve the energy supply of the countries. In view of the high air pollution in the northern Hungarian regions around Ajka, Gyõr, Tatabánya as well as the capital Budapest, and especially the extremely high pollution in Czechoslovakia where extensive
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