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The Potential for Tensions in South Asia: The Food and Water Vector
May 2nd, 2017
Via Future Directions International, an article on the potential for tension over water and food in South Asia: Key Points Water scarcity is predicted to affect 1.8 billion people by 2025, many of whom will be from across Asia. The headwaters of most of Asia’s major rivers are located in Tibet, giving China a significant […]
Read more »Pakistan’s India Obsession Hides Its Real Water Challenges
April 27th, 2017
Via Third Pole.net, further commentary on how extensive coverage of the Indus Waters Treaty in the Pakistani media over-emphasizes disagreements with India, and ignores more important water management challenges that the country faces: Over the past few months, with the deterioration of relations between Pakistan and India, there has been a renewed interest in the Indus Waters […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Soothing Troubled Waters Essential for India and Pakistan
March 29th, 2017
Via Future Directions International, commentary on Indus River tensions: Background The Permanent Indus Commission implements and manages the objectives of the Indus Water Treaty (IWT). In 1947, immediately after independence, India and Pakistan, the two major beneficiaries of the Indus River basin, began to dispute their share of the natural resource. It took years of […]
Read more »Drafting Pakistan’s Water Policy
March 23rd, 2017
Via Third Pole.net, an interview with Simi Kamal, one of Pakistan’s foremost water experts, on how a water policy can be developed for the country, how money can be raised, and what details need to be included: Zofeen T Ebrahim (ZTE): Why doesn’t the government of Pakistan have a water policy yet? Simi Kamal (SK): They have […]
Read more »Asia’s Water Politics Near the Boiling Point
March 21st, 2017
Via Inter Press, commentary on Asia’s escalating water challenge: In Asia, it likely will not be straightforward water wars. Prolonged water scarcity might lead to security situations that are more nuanced, giving rise to a complex set of cascading but unpredictable consequences, with communities and nations reacting in ways that we have not seen in […]
Read more »Afghanistan: Why Leveraging Kabul’s Food and Water Security Situation Must be Earned, not Expected
March 21st, 2017
Via Future Directions International, a report on Afghanistan’s food and water security situation: Key Points Corruption, property rights and climate change are three challenges that contribute to Afghanistan’s food and water woes out to 2030. Afghanistan’s food and water security situation is bleak because Kabul must rebuild a “failed state” as well as address newer […]
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