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Central Asia Facing Hunger, Refugee Flows, and Violence Because of Drought
June 1st, 2018
Via Window on Eurasia, commentary on the impact of drought in Central Asia: Lower than normal snowfalls last winter in the Pamirs and Hindukush mountains are leading to serious problems for Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Iran – including shortages of water for crops and consumption, refugee flows, “and even military actions,” according to Fergana news […]
Read more »Central Asia: Countries With Water Need Their Neighbors With Energy
February 9th, 2018
Via Geopolitical Futures, an interesting article on Central Asian countries efforts to find solutions to internal regional problems such as water without Moscow’s help: Say what you will about the Soviets, but they really knew how to put the “union” in the Soviet Union. For all its faults, the union bound its constituent countries together, […]
Read more »Uzbekistan & Tajikistan: Catalysts For A Central Asian Water Solution?
January 24th, 2018
Via Times of Central Asia, a report on water in Central Asia: The use and management of water has always been a complicated and very sensitive issue in Central Asia. An important power generation and irrigation resource, water can be both a source of conflict and an area for cooperation between countries of the region. […]
Read more »Water and Politics In Central Asia
January 12th, 2018
Via The McGill International Review, an article on water and politics in Central Asia: “Water resources could become a problem in the future that could escalate tensions not only in our region, but on every continent,” former Uzbek president Islam Karimov famously told reporters in 2012. “I won’t name specific countries, but all of this could deteriorate […]
Read more »Central Asian States Lose $4.5B Yearly Due To Water Crisis
November 24th, 2017
Via Azerbaijan’s Trend magazine, a report on the economic impact of water scarcity and lack of cooperation therein in Central Asia: Economic losses from the lack of water cooperation in the Central Asian region reaches $ 4.5 billion annually, said Iskandar Abdullayev, Executive Director of the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC). “Water cooperation […]
Read more »Uzbekistan’s Position On Use Of Transboundary Water Remains Unchanged
July 7th, 2017
Via AzerNews, a report on current water tensions between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan: Uzbekistan has urged neighboring Tajikistan to take into account interests of countries in the lower reaches of rivers, while building world’s tallest dam for the Rogun hydroelectric power station. Tajikistan earlier diverted the flow of Vakhsh River to start building the world’s tallest […]
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