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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 »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 […]
Read more »India Ensuring ‘Not a Single Drop of Water’ Flows into Pakistan after Suspending Major River-Sharing Treaty
June 16th, 2026
Via The Independent, an article on India’s announcement that it will suspend decades-old river-sharing treaty with Pakistan: India is working to stop water from flowing into its neighbour Pakistan after suspending a major river-sharing treaty between the two Asian rivals last year, a senior minister has said. India last year suspended the 1960 Indus Water treaty with Pakistan following an attack […]
Read more »Bangladesh Tilts to China as India Water-Sharing Impasse Deepens
June 2nd, 2026
Vai Nikkei Asia, a report on Dhaka’s recenal approval of several major river projects amid mounting water issues: Bangladesh is pushing ahead with dam and reservoir projects as it recalibrates its approach to cross-border water management after years of diplomacy with India have yielded few tangible results, instead looking to China to help address issues […]
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