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Peace Through Water? Why South Asia Needs A Kabul River Treaty
December 2nd, 2011
Via Foreign Policy, an interesting report on south Asia water tensions emanating from the Kabul River. As the article notes: Pakistan is once again accusing India of water hegemony. This time, however, the accusation refers not to Indian damming of the Western Rivers in the disputed regions of Jammu and Kashmir, but to Indian support […]
Read more »Water Fight: How South Asia’s Unquenchable Thirst May Threaten The Region’s Peace
November 23rd, 2011
Courtesy of The Economist, an excellent article reviewing how a growing rivalry between India, Pakistan, and China over the region’s great rivers may threaten South Asia’s peace: SONAULLAH PHAPHO has spent half a century picking a living from Wular lake high in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Today he is lucky if he scoops a fish or two […]
Read more »Construction Begins In Pakistan On The World’s Highest Dam
October 26th, 2011
Via Oil Price.com, a report that Pakistan has begun construction on the world’s highest dam: Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has inaugurated construction of the country’s Diamer-Bhasha dam, the world’s highest, calling it the “lifeline†of Pakistan. The $12 billion facility is located in the mountains between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan provinces on […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Indian And Pakistani Tensions over Indus-trial Uses
October 14th, 2011
Via National Geographic, an interesting look at increasing tensions between India and Pakistan over use of the Indus River: “Pakistan’s entire economy is driven by the textile industry,” said Michael Kugelman, a South Asia expert at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. “The problem with Pakistan’s economy is that most of the major industries […]
Read more »India and Pakistan: Seeking A Bridge Over Troubled Waters
September 8th, 2011
As reported in China Dialogue, water has always been a flash point between India and Pakistan. The two neighbours compete over use of the waters of the Indus River, the backbone of agriculture and industry in both states. As the Indian subcontinent was partied in 1947 to create the new state of Pakistan, the rivers […]
Read more »India and Pakistan: Tensions Melting Over Siachen Glacier?
June 2nd, 2011
Via Reuters, a report that India and Pakistan began their first attempt in three years to demilitarize the world’s highest battlefield in the Himalayan region that has claimed the lives of hundreds of soldiers and is a source of melt water for Pakistan’s rivers. As the article notes: “…The rivals’ defense secretaries began two days […]
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