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The Promise and Peril of Ethiopia’s New Mega Dam
Via The Economist, a report on the potential regional impact of the GERD: WHEN ETHIOPIA inaugurates the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam [...]
Ethiopia ‘Outfoxes Egypt’ over the Nile’s Waters with its Mighty Dam
Via BBC, commentary on Ethiopia’s official inauguration of the Grand Renaissance Dam: After outfoxing Egypt on the diplomatic stage for [...]
Humanity Is Rapidly Depleting Water and Much of the World Is Getting Drier
Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times, a look at how much of the world is getting drier: New research based [...]
Indus Waters Treaty: From Cooperative Vision to Calculated Confrontation
Via The Diplomat, a look at how – instead of believing that strategic patience would breed stability – the Modi [...]
Mexico Will Not Meet Its Water Treaty Commitments To U.S. By October
Via TRT Global, a report on why Mexico will not meet its water treaty commitments to the US by October [...]
China’s Himalayan Megadam Poses A Global Threat. Why No International Outrage?
Via Stagecraft and Statecraft, commentary on how the world ignored warnings about the Three Gorges Dam until it became an [...]

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