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The Parched Tiger: Pakistan Gears Up For A New Water Fight With India
March 23rd, 2012
Via China Dialogue, a report that Pakistan is gearing up for a new water fight with India, over a dam funded by international efforts to tackle global warming. As the article notes: The never-ending war over water resources between India and Pakistan has taken a new twist. Pakistan has registered its resentment against the United […]
Read more »Will Water Tensions Threaten Peace in India’s Northeast?
March 22nd, 2012
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on the water tension that is bubbling in India’s northeast region between India and China. As the article notes: For India’s Northeast to have a bright future, the region will need to avoid a few minefields. Most importantly, “a sustainable peace, including in the Kachin state (in […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Chinese Dam Building Tests Southeast Asian Resilience
March 21st, 2012
Courtesy of HydroLogic, a look at how China’s hydropower development activities on the Mekong and Salween Rivers are a clear illustration of the country’s potentially destabilizing strategy, with both diplomatic and environmental impacts, in Southeast Asia. As the article notes: “…These waterways, along with the Yangtze River (one of China’s domestic targets for intensive development), […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Assam Fights India’s Mega Dams
March 9th, 2012
Via China Dialogue, a report on popular protests against the construction of a vast network of dams in the Brahmaputra valley which have gathered impressive momentum: In demonstrations barely reported in the media, people in the north-east Indian state of Assam have been fighting for several years against a proposed gargantuan network of dams across […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Water As A Political Issue
March 5th, 2012
Via Globescan, some interesting survey results from India and citizens’ perception of the impending water crisis. As the report notes: The potency of water as a political issue in the world’s major emerging economies was underlined again this week when it was reported that water levels had plunged in the Siang river in India’s north-east. […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger and Thirsty Dragon: Indian Official Denies Claims Brahmaputra Levels Low
March 3rd, 2012
Via AFP News, a report analyzing recent claims that Chinese dams have caused Indian river levels to drop. As the article notes: Water levels of a major river flowing through India’s northeast are “normal,” an Indian government official said Friday, denying claims a dam in neighbouring China had caused them to plunge. The senior official […]
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