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Pakistan: Question of Water Scarcity and Water Security
April 29th, 2025
Via Dawn, a Pakistani perspective on the recent decision by India to withdraw from the Indus Water Treaty: India’s recent suspension of the Indus Water Treaty marks a grave turning point in regional politics and underscores a critical imperative for Pakistan: to resolve its internal political squabbles with utmost urgency. At a time when external pressures threaten […]
Read more »Blood For Water? Why India Is Within Its Rights To Withdraw From Indus Water Treaty
April 29th, 2025
Via Stagecraft and Statecraft, commentary on why India is within its right to withdraw from the Indus Water Treaty: When the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) was signed in 1960, it was an act of extraordinary generosity on India’s part. Despite being the upper riparian state, India reserved for Pakistan over 80% of the Indus Basin […]
Read more »The Indus Waters Treaty: Colonial Legacies, Cold War Geopolitics, and Climate Challenges
April 27th, 2025
Via The Diplomat a look at how the recent suspension of the Indus Water Treat offers India a chance for renegotiation, while Pakistan faces limited options to uphold its current status: India has suspended the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan following a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir that killed at least 27 civilians. This is the […]
Read more »India’s Suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty With Pakistan Could Backfire
April 25th, 2025
Via The Diplomat, a report on India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty which could prompt China to block the Brahmaputra River, which supplies around 30 percent of India’s fresh water and about 44 percent of its total hydropower potential: Tensions between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan have escalated sharply after a militant attack at […]
Read more »Iran’s Water Crisis Turns into a Catastrophe
April 24th, 2025
Via Iran Focus, an article on Iran’s water crisis: Amid continued warnings about water shortages and the drought crisis in Iran, Ahad Vazifeh, head of the National Center for Climate and Drought Crisis Management at Iran’s Meteorological Organization, said the country has turned into a “sieve” due to numerous illegal wells and excessive extraction from […]
Read more »Water for Peace: What Bangladesh Wants from the Ganga Water Treaty
April 21st, 2025
Via EcoBusiness, commentary on the Ganga Water Treaty which – signed in 1996 – expires next year, and there are unresolved issues with regards to water sharing arrangements. Both Bangladesh and India will need to negotiate a more thorough, equitable and climate-resilient deal. The Ganga Water Treaty is crucial to India-Bangladesh relations because it guarantees […]
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