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Asia’s Unstable Water Tower: The Politics, Economics, and Ecology of Himalayan Water Projects
July 21st, 2013
Again via the July 2013 issue of Asia Policy, an interesting article by Kenneth Pommeranz: Asia’s ten largest rivers by volume—including the Yangtze, Mekong, Brahmaputra (which becomes part of the Ganges), and Indus—originate in the Himalayas or on the Tibetan Plateau and collectively serve 47% of the world’s population. Inadequate or unreliable water supplies pose […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Upstream Advantage in the Great Himalayan Watershed
July 21st, 2013
Via the July 2013 issue of Asia Policy, a comprehensive look at water security in the Himalaya region.  As the journal examines, the scramble for control of natural resources to support economic and population growth, combined with the uncertain effects of climate change on the Tibetan Plateau, is raising tensions in Asia over Himalayan water […]
Read more »Malawi: Can Oil And Water Mix?
July 21st, 2013
Courtesy of Eurasia Review, an article on regional water tensions arising from Malawi’s efforts to develop its mineral sector: Civil society’s shorthand for Malawi’s drive to expand its extractive resource sector is T2 – “trouble or treasureâ€. While Malawi has dabbled in mineral exploitation in the past, it only formed a mining and minerals ministry […]
Read more »World Water Wars: In The West Bank, Water Is Just Another Conflict Issue For Israelis And Palestinians
July 21st, 2013
Via The International Business Times, an article on water tensions in the Middle East: Bedouin Falah Hedawa draws water from a rainwater collection cistern in the Rashayida area, in the desert between the West Bank town of Bethlehem and the Dead Sea. The cisterns dotting the desert beyond Bethlehem, many of them restored to full […]
Read more »Kyrgyz Block Water to Kazakhstan, Demanding the Return of “Their†Land
July 17th, 2013
Via Global Voices Online, an interesting commentary on water dispute in Central Asia: During the enforced brotherhood of communism, land and water were not a source of friction for the peoples of Soviet Central Asia. Over the course of two decades of sovereignty, however, arguments over the delimitation of national borders and access to trans-boundary […]
Read more »Water Issues In Kazakhstan
July 17th, 2013
Via the Silk Road Intelligencer, an interesting article on water in Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan is not the first country that comes to mind when discussing water politics. In Central Asia, this topic is more often associated with Uzbekistan, which uses more water annually than it has, and Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, which are both located upstream from […]
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