BLOG
How an Iranian Water Crisis Could Intensify Regional Geopolitics, the Country’s Brain Drain and the Deep State
May 31st, 2017
Via Future Directions International, commentary on how an Iranian water crisis could intensify regional geopolitics, the country’s brain drain and the deep state: Background A recent op-ed in the Washington Post has brought back into light the looming Iranian water crisis capable of displacing as many as 50 million people within 25 years or less. The elite Islamic […]
Read more »Politics of Water in Iran’s Election
May 16th, 2017
Via The Guardian, an interesting look at the politics of water shortages and air pollution in the upcoming Iranian election: Four years ago one of the candidates in Iran’s presidential election made himself popular by promising to save Lake Urmia, one of the world’s largest saltwater lakes that was on the cusp of disappearing. Now, President […]
Read more »Afghan Dam Promises Water – But also Conflict – For Dusty Border Lands
March 22nd, 2017
Via The Guardian, a report on how Afghanistan’s neglected Nimruz province hopes a dam will boost agriculture but faces hostility from Iran, unhappy at the Helmand river’s meager flow, and their Taliban allies: In a corner of the southern Afghan desert, scorched by heat and thrashed by sandstorms, Nimruz is one of Afghanistan’s most remote […]
Read more »Water Management In Afghanistan
March 5th, 2017
Via Ariana News, a report on water management in Afghanistan: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in the 4th National conference “ Water and Sustainable Development” held in Presidential palace declared water as one of the key important sources for development of Afghanistan and insisted on comprehensive management of Water, saying well management of water will decrease poverty […]
Read more »Afghanistan’s Water-Sharing Puzzle
March 2nd, 2017
Via Third Pole, an interesting look at the long conflict between Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran over scarce water resources: Pakistan and Iran have always had historical claims over the water resources of Afghanistan. These claims have always been rejected by Afghanistan. The chaotic politics of water between Afghanistan and its neighbours has a long history, […]
Read more »Afghan Authorities Accuse Iran of Using Taliban to Undercut Water Projects
January 24th, 2017
Via VoA, a report on recent water-related tensions between Afghanistan and Iran: Afghan governors in southern and western provinces charged on Monday that Iran is using an increasingly close relationship with the Afghan Taliban to target power and water projects on Tehran’s behalf. Hayatullah Hayat, the governor of southern Helmand province, told VOA’s Afghan service […]
Read more »