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India Ensuring ‘Not a Single Drop of Water’ Flows into Pakistan after Suspending Major River-Sharing Treaty

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 […]

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Bangladesh Tilts to China as India Water-Sharing Impasse Deepens

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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International Court Backs Pakistan’s Position on Indus Waters Treaty

Via Nikkei Asia, a report on latest developments around the Indus Waters Treaty where India continues to reject arbitration, leaving New Delhi-Islamabad ties frozen: An international court has upheld Pakistan’s plea against India’s pondage at two hydroelectric projects in the New Delhi-administered Kashmir region, reinforcing Islamabad’s position on the Indus Waters Treaty, a water-sharing agreement […]

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Indus Waters Treaty at Crossroads: Pakistan’s Legal Response and India’s Position

Via Modern Dipomacy, a look at how – one year after tensions escalated over the Indus Waters Treaty – the evolving dynamic between Pakistan and India presents a significant case study in the interaction between law, diplomacy, and regional stability: One year after tensions escalated over the Indus Waters Treaty, the evolving dynamic between Pakistan […]

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India’s Worrying Plans for Dams on Transboundary Rivers Shared with Bangladesh 

Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at the rising water tension between India and Bangladesh, where the former has at least seven hydroelectric projects on two transboundary river systems in the pipeline in the northeast Indian state of Meghalaya: On Google maps, a deep green stretch about 100 kilometers long along the India-Bangladesh border, right […]

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The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: India, China, and How Not to Save the Brahmaputra

Via The Diplomat, a look at how – instead of pursuing a diplomatic solution to manage shared waters – India is following a dam-for-dam policy: For over a decade, the Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra River has been framed as the next great theater of conflict between India and China. China, as the “upper riparian hegemon,” is building hydraulic dams […]

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