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Parched Earth: A Dwindling Euphrates Hinders Iraq
July 14th, 2009
Courtesy of The New York Times, an in-depth look at how water issues affect the relationship between Iraq, Turkey, and Syria. As the article notes: “…The Euphrates is drying up. Strangled by the water policies of Iraq’s neighbors, Turkey and Syria; a two-year drought; and years of misuse by Iraq and its farmers, the river […]
Read more »Trickle Down From The Last Straw
July 13th, 2009
Courtesy of Climate Progress, some additional thoughts on the regional chaos that may emerge in South Asia if the Kashmir glaciers in the Himalaya continue to melt. Since we blogged earlier about Stephen Faris’ original report in Foreign Policy that focuses focusing on Pakistan’s unsustainable dependence on Kashmiri waters – a dependence that only exacerbates […]
Read more »Iraq Wants More Than Turkey Leftovers: Sharing the Eurphrates & Tigris Rivers
July 6th, 2009
Via Terra Daily, a report that – after years of wrangling – Turkey last month increased the water flow of the Euphrates River into Iraq by 50 percent, helping to boost agricultural harvests. As the article notes, despite this increase, Iraq: “…wracked by a decadelong drought and a rundown agricultural sector, still faces a chronic […]
Read more »Water Woes For Failing States: The Last Straw In South Asia?
July 4th, 2009
Via Foreign Policy, a sobering look at the likely impact that water shortages will have upon already tense relations between India and Pakistan. As the report notes, the Kashmiri water crisis has the potential to plunge South Asia into chaos: “…When it comes to the stability of one of the world’s most volatile regions, it’s […]
Read more »Oil, Gas, and Water: Cooperation in The South Caucasus
July 4th, 2009
Via Circle of Blue, an interesting report on a model of cooperation between Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan over water that may disprove the assumption that competition for water can only trigger conflict. As the article notes: “…It is often assumed that competition for water will trigger conflict. But in the South Caucasus — a globally […]
Read more »Central Texas Water Wars
June 28th, 2009
Via The Burnt Orange Report, an article on the evolving political water wars in central Texas. As the report notes: “…We’ve been expecting it for a long time, and now a Great Water War has come to Central Texas. The Lower Colorado River Authority has abandoned its water agreement with San Antonio, scrapped millions in […]
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