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Is India’s Indus Freeze a Warning for Every Shared River on Earth?
August 13th, 2026
Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at the Indus Treaty which is threatened by a dam India is building on the Chenab River which exceeds storage limits set by the treaty India insists no longer binds it. On May 15, 2026, an international tribunal in The Hague ruled that a dam India is building on the […]
Read more »European Rivers Dwindle Amid Severe Drought
August 8th, 2026
Via Inside Climate News, a report on Europe’s drought, where water shortages threaten a Romanian nuclear plant, commercial traffic in Holland and drinking water in the foothills of the Italian Alps: The Romanian Navy is blasting out the Danube River bed to maintain the flow of cooling water to a nuclear power plant as a […]
Read more »U.S. Raises Threat of Steep Water Cuts in Lower Colorado River Basin
August 4th, 2026
Courtesy of New York Times, a report on a federal plan would impose drastic water cuts on Arizona, California and Nevada in dry years over the next decade. A legal battle could follow. Communities and farms across Arizona, Nevada and California face potentially drastic cuts in the water they can use from the Colorado River […]
Read more »A U.S. Desert Town May Run Out of Water. Others Could Face Same Fate.
July 27th, 2026
Via The Washington Post, a look at an Arizona community nearly dried up and imposed strict limits, and its crisis may be a glimpse of the West’s future. Mayor Curtis Stacy starts every morning checking two websites that tell him how much he needs to worry about water. One site tells him about the reservoir […]
Read more »From Nuclear Deterrence to Desalination Deterrence
July 27th, 2026
Via the AlJazeera Center for Studies, a report on how desalination plants are emerging as strategic assets in Middle East security, where their vulnerability creates a new form of cross-domain deterrence. The concept of “desalination deterrence” examines how threats to water infrastructure reshape conflict, escalation, and survival calculations. Abstract The recent US-Israel-Iran escalation reveals a […]
Read more »Hydro-Diplomacy: Driving Regional Cooperation in West Africa
July 27th, 2026
Via IUCN, a look at how hydro-diplomacy is a driver of regional cooperation and transboundary water management in West Africa: West Africa is at a pivotal moment in its hydro-political history. The institutional achievements of previous decades provide a solid foundation, but they must be consolidated and adapted to an environment of growing uncertainty. The […]
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