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Hydraulic Pressures: Reaching A Tipping Point?
Via Foreign Affairs, an interesting review of several books examining the emerging global water crisis: “…Although warnings that water crises, [...]
Central Asian Water Politics…with Energy & Security Implications
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed look at the water politics of Central Asia, namely Tajikistan’s request for Russian [...]
Russia: “We must not buy Perrier…we must sell our water abroad.”
Via Window on Eurasia, an interesting report that Russia is considering selling some of its water abroad.  As the article [...]
When The Water Ends: Africa’s Climate Conflicts
Courtesy of Yale’s e360 blog, a  report and video on how water scarcity and drought has led to increasing conflict [...]
Lake Balkhash: Becoming A Second Aral Sea?
Courtesy of Window on Eurasia, an interesting report on the possibility that – as a Russian commentator recently stated – [...]
Geopolitics of Aquifer Management
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at how new agreements may offer hope to better aquifer management among nation states.  [...]

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