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Contested Flows: Power and Politics of Water in Jordan
February 10th, 2026
Via London School of Economics, a look at the power and politics of water in Jordan: Jordan is one of the most water-scarce countries in the world. Fred Wojnarowski has been exploring the politics of water and the differing, and sometimes misleading, narratives behind its water supply. Jordan is increasingly defined by water scarcity: its […]
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 »The Red-Dead Sea Canal: A Fading Pipe Dream To Fix The Middle East’s Water Woes
February 14th, 2024
Via IFL Science, a look at the proposed Red-Dead Sea Canal which, with relationships in the Middle East at an all-time low, the Red Sea–Dead Sea may never come to fruition: Two fingers of the Red Sea – the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba – rise through the Middle East between Egypt, […]
Read more »Jordan Will Not Sign Water-for-Energy Deal With Israel
November 22nd, 2023
Via the Jordan Times, a report that Jordan will will not sign water-for-energy deal with Israel in light of the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said on Thursday that Jordan will not sign a water-for-energy deal with Israel in light of the ongoing war on the […]
Read more »Jordan Plans Multi-Billion Dollar Aqaba to Amman Desalination Project Amid Water Crisis
September 29th, 2023
Via The National News, an article on Jordan’s plans to build a multi-billion dollar Aqaba to Amman desalination project amid its water crisis: Along a long and dusty motorway, connecting Jordan‘s capital Amman with the south of the country, is a pipeline that provides much needed water to hundreds of thousands of people. The controversial $1.1 billion […]
Read more »Amman’s Lost Water
August 27th, 2023
Courtesy of Places Journal, a detailed look at Jordan’s desert city of Amman which is running out of water while officials fixate on gleaming visions of growth, perpetuating the fantasy that urban dysfunctions can be escaped rather than addressed: Water arrives to my house in Amman on Tuesday evenings. I breathe a sigh of relief when […]
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