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The Hydro-Challenges of the New State of South Sudan in the Nile Basin
September 19th, 2011
Via The International Water Law Project, a detailed look at the hydropolitical issues that may arise in East Africa with the emergence of South Sudan: On January 9, 2011, and for the next six days, the people of South Sudan exercised their right of self determination and voted overwhelmingly to secede from the Sudan and […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: North/South Water Resettlement – Success Or Failure?
September 8th, 2011
Courtesy of The Guardian, an article on the human impact and politics of China’s huge project to relocate 345,000 people as part of a multibillion dollar, 50-year mega-project to bring water from the country’s southern rivers to the arid north. But while migrants have been promised new homes, compensation and farmland, many are discovering that […]
Read more »India and Pakistan: Seeking A Bridge Over Troubled Waters
September 8th, 2011
As reported in China Dialogue, water has always been a flash point between India and Pakistan. The two neighbours compete over use of the waters of the Indus River, the backbone of agriculture and industry in both states. As the Indian subcontinent was partied in 1947 to create the new state of Pakistan, the rivers […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Mining Tibet, Drying Up Water?
September 5th, 2011
Via China Dialogue, an interesting article examining the impact that China’s hunt for natural resources in Tibet may have upon rivers in the region: China’s fast growth continues, largely financed by state investment and, until very recently, cheap finance from state-owned banks. Fast growth and massive infrastructure construction require heavy usage of metals, energy and […]
Read more »Water: Asia’s New Battleground
September 3rd, 2011
Two recent reviews of Water: Asia’s New Battleground, a book by Brahma Chellaney. First, via The Financial Times: “…In Water: Asia’s New Battleground, Chellaney points out that the rise of an Asian middle class, combined with urbanisation and global warming, is putting an enormous strain on Asia’s supply of water. Taken together, China and India […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Water As A New Weapon In Beijing’s Arsenal
August 30th, 2011
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting article on the potential threat that China would use its control of the headwaters of some of Asia’s largest rivers as a way of extending its power in the region: China has aroused international alarm by using its virtual monopoly of rare earths as a trade instrument and […]
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