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Can India Cut Off Pakistan’s Indus River Lifeline?
May 2nd, 2025
Via CSIS, commentary on Delhi’s recent suspension of the Indus Water Treaty: On April 22, 2025, armed militants emerged from the woods into a scenic meadow outside the mountain town of Pahalgam in India and opened fire on unsuspecting tourists, killing at least 28 people and wounding dozens. India blamed Pakistan for the massacre, subsequently linking the […]
Read more »Iraq’s Drought-Doomed Farmers Turn To Groundwater To Boost Agriculture
May 2nd, 2025
Via France24, a report on how – Iraqi farmers facing scarce rainfall and repeated droughts – are drilling wells in the desert to reach groundwater sources and sustain their irrigation systems. While the underground reservoirs help mitigate agricultural losses, it is a risky move as aquifers across the world are depleting fast than they replenish. […]
Read more »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 […]
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