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Blue Peace? Water Scarcity As A Catalyst For Reducing Conflict In The Middle East
January 24th, 2011
Via Terra Daily, an interesting article on a new report suggesting that water scarcity in the Middle East can be the catalyst for reducing, rather than causing, conflict in the volatile region. As the article notes: “…The report entitled “The Blue Peace: Rethinking Middle East Water,” issued by the Carnegie Middle East Center, suggests that […]
Read more »Turkish Plans To Sell Israel Water Dry Up
June 23rd, 2010
Via Terra Daily, a report that Turkey has rescinded plans to sell water to Israel. At the article notes: “…The Islamist government in Ankara has shelved plans to sell the Jewish state 1.75 billion cubic feet of water a year for 20 years from the Mavganat River in Anatolia, part of its wider strategy of […]
Read more »Better Dead Than Red? Hydro Cooperation In The Middle East
March 22nd, 2010
Via The Global Post, a report on how an impending water crisis is forcing Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority to work together. As the article notes: “…Nothing accelerates the peace process between old foes like the threat of a common enemy. In the case of Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority that enemy is […]
Read more »Hydrologic Security and Syria’s Liquid Worries
February 17th, 2010
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a report detailing how much of Syria’s economics, history, politics, diplomacy, and culture have often been defined in a large part by water. As the article notes, water is a key to peace and prosperity in the region and it may also be key to war and conflict among Syria […]
Read more »“Liquid Peace” In The Middle East
January 13th, 2010
Via Green Prophet, an interesting interview with Ashkelon, Israel’s mayor Benny Vaknin who is building a water bridge with the city of Gaza. As the report notes, how does Ashkelon’s mayor Benny Vaknin see “liquid†peace in the region? “…The former businessman is working to solutions for peace and cooperation with the nearby Gaza City. […]
Read more »Water Tension In Increasingly Parched Middle East
November 9th, 2009
Courtesy of The Israeli National News, a very strong opinion article on the possibility of water tensions erupting into conflict in the increasingly parched Middle East. As the report notes: “…Israel will go to war against Lebanon and Egypt to solve its water crisis, a Jordanian political science professor has charged. Dr. Ghazi Al-Rababah told […]
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