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Pakistan Ups the Ante on Indus Water Dispute With India
July 7th, 2026
Via The Diplomat, a look at how there is growing eagerness in Pakistan to involve China, the other upper riparian country, more directly in the issue: The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) of 1960, which the World Bank brokered between India and Pakistan, was a notable achievement in South Asian diplomacy. The treaty divided the six […]
Read more »Indus Waters Treaty Crisis: Why South Asia’s Power Balance Is Shifting
July 4th, 2026
Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at how – last month – Pakistan formally objected to India’s Bhakara Dam expansion. This was the third major dispute filed under the Indus Waters Treaty in eighteen months. Last month, Pakistan formally objected to India’s Bhakara Dam expansion. This was the third major dispute filed under the Indus Waters […]
Read more »The Colorado River States are Deadlocked and the River is Crashing. Will a ‘Grand Bargain’ Finally Get its Day?
June 26th, 2026
Via Water Education Foundation, commentary on a ‘wild idea’ to defuse the Colorado River Compact’s legal time bomb that has been kept alive by seasoned observers who believe it could still save the river: For the past 20 years, the Colorado River has been operated under a set of guidelines negotiated between the seven states […]
Read more »The Colorado River, Lifeline for Seven States, Drying Up At Its Source
June 26th, 2026
Via the Los Angeles Times, a report on the challenges facing the Colorado River: In the Rocky Mountains, where the Colorado River starts, the landscape is drier than anyone can remember. The lack of water is hitting Colorado ranchers and farmers hard, and reservoir levels are dropping. Scientists say the entire Southwest needs to permanently […]
Read more »India Ensuring ‘Not a Single Drop of Water’ Flows into Pakistan after Suspending Major River-Sharing Treaty
June 16th, 2026
Via The Independent, an article on India’s announcement that it will suspend decades-old river-sharing treaty with Pakistan: India is working to stop water from flowing into its neighbour Pakistan after suspending a major river-sharing treaty between the two Asian rivals last year, a senior minister has said. India last year suspended the 1960 Indus Water treaty with Pakistan following an attack […]
Read more »Tensions Are Rising Between States That Rely on the Colorado River
June 15th, 2026
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on what a prolonged drought means the nation’s largest reservoirs are dwindling, and litigation over access to water could lie ahead: Water in the Colorado River is dwindling to levels that haven’t been seen in decades, and the seven states whose residents and farmers depend on the […]
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