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India And Pakistan To Arbitrate Water Feud
June 18th, 2010
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report that India and Pakistan are establishing an arbitration panel to address an intensifying dispute over rival hydro-electric projects, highlighting the growing importance of water in the tensions between the dry but nuclear-armed neighbours. As the article notes: “…Tensions have been rising as both countries face deepening water crises, […]
Read more »Water In South Asia – Affecting The Balance of Power
May 4th, 2010
Courtesy of Hydro-Logic, an excellent analysis of how transboundary water issues are one of the top three concerns affecting the balance of power in the region that is dominated by China, India, and Pakistan. As the article notes: “…water and energy are inextricably linked, in a ”nexus” which I shall address in a future post, […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon And Parched Elephant: Moving Towards Trust?
April 26th, 2010
Via India’s Economic Times, Indian media have recently been running a story that China has “admitted” that it is building a dam (Zangmu) project on the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra River). As the article notes: “…After several years of denying the existence of any river project on the Brahmaputra, China has finally admitted to India that […]
Read more »Indian-Pakistani Water Tensions
March 3rd, 2010
As we have discussed in this forum before, there are significant water-related tensions between Pakistan and India. At the heart of Pakistan’s crisis is the Indus River which, already so badly overused that its water rarely reaches its now dried-up delta, also faces an alarming loss of up to a third of its flow by […]
Read more »Bangladesh: Water, Security, and Migration Concerns
February 20th, 2010
Via Strategic Forecast, a detailed look at Bangladesh’s water, migration, and security concerns. As the article notes: “…Bangladesh shares around 4,095km of its border with India. Over the years cross border migration from Bangladesh to India has taken place owing to a combination of economic and political factors. Currently, an estimated 20 million Bangladeshis illegally […]
Read more »Pakistan’s Domestic and International Water Disputes
February 12th, 2010
Via Circle of Blue, a report on disputes over water between Pakistan’s Punjab and Sindh provinces over water flows, as well as, a farmers’ union desires to have the Pakistani government address India’s dam building which some see as “water terrorism”. As the article notes: Pakistan’s Indus River System Authority will discuss the Sindh province’s […]
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