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Iraq’s Drought: A Climate Warning From The Fertile Crescent
May 7th, 2025
Courtesy of the New York Times, a podcast on Iraq’s water crisis and what it means for the world: As the Middle East braces for another year of extreme heat, climate change is turning the soil to dust in the landscape that has long been known as the fertile crescent — and water has become […]
Read more »The Thirst for Power: Overcoming the Politics of Water in the Middle East
March 10th, 2025
Via CSIS, a new report on the politics of water in the Middle East: The Middle East has battled water insecurity for centuries, but today, the region is on a razor’s edge. Climate change and overuse have threatened water supplies like never before. In a region beset with wars, fragility, and political tensions, it is […]
Read more »Three International Water Conflicts to Watch
November 15th, 2024
Via Geopolitical Monitor, a report on three international water conflicts that bear watching: International water conflicts are a prisoner’s dilemma fundamentally rooted in geopolitics. Neither up nor downriver states can live without it, and water is the lifeblood of development and economic growth. Yet one (upriver) state has a fundamental advantage over the other (downriver) state. […]
Read more »Three International Water Conflicts to Watch
October 11th, 2024
Via Geopolitical Monitor, a report on three international water conflicts to watch: International water conflicts are a prisoner’s dilemma fundamentally rooted in geopolitics. Neither up nor downriver states can live without it, and water is the lifeblood of development and economic growth. Yet one (upriver) state has a fundamental advantage over the other (downriver) state. All […]
Read more »In Iraq’s Summer, Kurdistan’s Erbil Thirsts For Water
August 14th, 2024
Via Terra Daily, an article on Erbil’s water crisis: The taps have run dry, and the wells are almost empty. In the capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, 80-year-old Babir hasn’t bathed in weeks and impatiently waits for trucked-in water deliveries.“There is nothing worse than not having water,” said Babir, who gave only his first […]
Read more »Turkey’s President’s Erdogan in Rare Iraq Visit to Discuss Water, Oil, Security
April 25th, 2024
Via Energy Daily, a report on Turkey’s President’s Erdogan rare visit to Iraq to discuss water, oil, and security: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived Monday in neighbouring Iraq for his first state visit there in years, with water, oil and regional security issues expected to top the agenda. Erdogan was greeted with a 21-gun salute […]
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