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The Parched Tiger: Where Is The Teesta’s Water?
June 19th, 2017
Via Third Pole.net, some detailed background on the Teesta river in West Bengal and Sikkim, a simmering flashpoint to the relationship between India and Bangladesh: The debate over sharing the waters of the Teesta river has become critical to the relationship between Bangladesh and India. Rising in the eastern Himalayas, the Teesta flows through two […]
Read more »Iran Calls For Water Diplomacy With Turkey
June 18th, 2017
Via The Iran Project, a report on Iran’s calls for water diplomacy with Turkey: Massoumeh Ebtekar, the head of the Department of Environment, has called on the Foreign Ministry to help convince Turkey to abandon its obsession with dam construction. Speaking to ILNA, Ebtekar said the department “has done all it can”, arguing that “the […]
Read more »Uzbekistan: Change Of Tune Coming On Roghun Dam?
June 5th, 2017
Via The Times of Central Asia, an article updating the longstanding dispute between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan over the construction of the Tajik Roghun dam: The issue of water resources and their use by Central Asian countries is very sensitive in the region, and is fraught with potential conflicts. The longstanding dispute between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan over the […]
Read more »How India And Pakistan Are Competing Over The Indus River
June 1st, 2017
Via The Conversation, a look at the battle for the Indus: The Indus is one of Asia’s mightiest rivers. From its source in the northwestern foothills of the Himalayas, it flows through the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir and along the length of Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. The river and its five tributaries […]
Read more »Iran’s Water Challenge
May 31st, 2017
Via the Washington Post, commentary on Iran’s water challenges: On May 19, Iran goes to the polls to select a new president. So far the campaign has been dominated by the economy. Unemployment is high, and oil prices are low. The lifting of sanctions following Tehran’s nuclear agreement with the West has yet to yield […]
Read more »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 […]
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