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Bangladesh: Water, Security, and Migration Concerns
February 20th, 2010
Via Strategic Forecast, a detailed look at Bangladesh’s water, migration, and security concerns. As the article notes: “…Bangladesh shares around 4,095km of its border with India. Over the years cross border migration from Bangladesh to India has taken place owing to a combination of economic and political factors. Currently, an estimated 20 million Bangladeshis illegally […]
Read more »Tajikistan’s Shortages May Exacerbate Central Asian Water Tensions
February 19th, 2010
Courtesy of The Guardian, details of a recent Oxfam report on Tajikistan’s looming water shortages due to rising temperatures and retreating glaciers which could spark conflict between water-stressed countries in the region. As the article notes: “…It has been occupied by the Russians, the Mongols, the Turks, the Arabs and the Uzbeks, the Chinese, as […]
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 »Pakistan’s Domestic and International Water Disputes
February 12th, 2010
Via Circle of Blue, a report on disputes over water between Pakistan’s Punjab and Sindh provinces over water flows, as well as, a farmers’ union desires to have the Pakistani government address India’s dam building which some see as “water terrorism”. As the article notes: Pakistan’s Indus River System Authority will discuss the Sindh province’s […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: An “Icy Water Tower” Melts
January 27th, 2010
While the source of this article (Conde Nast Traveler) is unusual for content that this blog normally features, the author – Dr. Orville Schell – is a long time China expert who has been increasingly focused on the gradual shrinking of the glacial, soaring, peaks of the Tibetan Plateau which act as the icy water […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Water Industrial Complex
January 24th, 2010
Courtesy of Tibetan Plateau, an interesting look at China’s “water industrial complex”, a term they use to describe the professional and ideological alliance of technocratic Communist Party elites with water-related bureaucracies and businesses that influence government policy. The article concludes that the Peoples Republic of China – which has built 22,000+ large dams since it […]
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