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Weaponizing Water in South Asia
August 30th, 2025
Via Dawn, commentary on Pakistan’s floods and the concerns that India is weaponizing water in the ongoing clash between the two nations: AS the raging floodwaters make their way through Punjab towards Sindh, the nation must confront the fact that other than heavy monsoon rainfall and climate change, India’s apparent weaponisation of water has also […]
Read more »Yarlung Zangbo Dam: The Dawn of Zero-Sum Water Politics in South Asia
August 11th, 2025
Via Geopolitical Monitor, a look at the Yarlung Zangbo Dam and the dawn of zero-sum water politics in South Asia: The Yarlung Zangbo dam project represents a watershed moment in China’s emergence as a hydro-hegemon capable of manipulating water flows across multiple international boundaries for its own strategic advantage. While Beijing frames the initiative as part […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Super Dam – An Ecological and Geopolitical Time Bomb
August 1st, 2025
Via Stagecoach and Statecraft, commentary on how China’s super-dam is an ecological and geopolitical time bomb: China has built more dams than any other country and more large dams than the rest of the world combined. This month, it officially acknowledged construction of the biggest dam ever conceived in human history — although satellite imagery suggests the groundwork […]
Read more »China’s Gigantic Hydropower Dam in Tibet: Green Energy or the “Weaponization” Of Water?
July 26th, 2025
Via Modern Diplomacy, analysis of how the project expected to become the world’s largest dam—surpassing the Three Gorges Dam—carries implications far beyond energy generation: As the world grapples with the challenges of climate change and a global transition to clean energy, China is moving forward with a highly ambitious and controversial megaproject: the Medog Hydropower […]
Read more »Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: China Begins Building World’s Largest Dam, Tensions Boil In India Over “Water Bomb”
July 22nd, 2025
Via BBC, an article on China’s massive Tibetan dam project and growing tensions between China and India: Chinese authorities have begun constructing what will be the world’s largest hydropower dam in Tibetan territory, in a project that has sparked concerns from India and Bangladesh. Chinese Premier Li Qiang presided over a ceremony marking the start […]
Read more »The Indus Treaty Verdict: When Water Outlasts War
July 4th, 2025
Via the Lowy Institute, a look at how a Hague ruling against India’s treaty “abeyance” might stop a precedent that could spread from China to Bangladesh: For more than 60 years, the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan has stood as one of the few enduring triumphs of postcolonial diplomacy – surviving wars, diplomatic breakdowns, and […]
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