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The Ganges Waters Treaty: Uncertain Prospects For Renewal
October 14th, 2026
Via Eurasia Review, a look at the future of the Ganges Water Treaty: Key Takeaways: The 1996 Ganga/Ganges Waters Treaty between India and Bangladesh is due to expire in December 2026; Dhaka has formed a technical committee and expressed hope of renewal, but reports say New Delhi has not yet responded to multiple approaches. The […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India Turning to Ancient Water Systems as Modern Ones Run Dry
September 1st, 2026
Via BBC, a report on how India is restoring traditional water structures built centuries ago: Water scarcity and climate change is driving communities to restore traditional water structures built centuries ago, bringing them back into use in the 21st Century. In 2025, water from the Moosi Rani Sagar, a stepwell in the city of Alwar […]
Read more »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 »How Water Is Becoming Pakistan’s Nuclear Threshold
July 26th, 2026
Via The Diplomat, a look at how the real danger lies not in the immediate scarcity of Indus water flowing from India into Pakistan but in the widening gap between how they interpret the same facts. In a speech at the Stockholm Water Symposium in August 1995, World Bank Vice President Ismail Serageldin warned that […]
Read more »Pakistan Ups the Ante on Indus Water Dispute With India
July 7th, 2026
Via The Diplomat, a look at how there is growing eagerness in Pakistan to involve China, the other upper riparian country, more directly in the issue: The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) of 1960, which the World Bank brokered between India and Pakistan, was a notable achievement in South Asian diplomacy. The treaty divided the six […]
Read more »Indus Waters Treaty Crisis: Why South Asia’s Power Balance Is Shifting
July 4th, 2026
Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at how – last month – Pakistan formally objected to India’s Bhakara Dam expansion. This was the third major dispute filed under the Indus Waters Treaty in eighteen months. Last month, Pakistan formally objected to India’s Bhakara Dam expansion. This was the third major dispute filed under the Indus Waters […]
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