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The Parched Tiger: The Danger Looming Over the Indus River Basin
October 18th, 2016
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a graphical look at the Indus Water Treaty: Since 1960, India and Pakistan have abided by the Indus Waters Treaty, an agreement developed by the United Nations to govern the use of water along the Indus River and its main tributaries. But in the wake of an attack on a military base in the Indian-administered […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Should India Turn The Tap Tight On Indus Water?
October 8th, 2016
Via Eurasia Review, a look at the potential for India to use the Indus for political reasons against Pakistan: Ever since the Uri misadventure carried out by Pakistan-sponsored terrorists, India has put in cold storage the policy of “strategic restraint” and declared an all-out offensive against Pakistani deep state encompassing the political, diplomatic and economic […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Systemic Water Crisis
October 4th, 2016
Via Global Risk Insights, a look at how the ongoing Karnataka-Tamil Nadu dispute over the Cauvery river is indicative of a broader water crisis facing India: On 9 September, protesters took to the streets of Bengaluru to oppose a Supreme Court judgement ordering the state of Karnataka to distribute water from its section of the Cauvery […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Why the India-Pakistan War Over Water Is So Dangerous
September 30th, 2016
Via Foreign Policy, a look at the how – as New Delhi and Islamabad trade nuclear threats and deadly attacks – a brewing war over shared water resources threatens to turn up the violence: Early on the morning of Sept. 29, according to India’s Defense Ministryand military, Indian forces staged a “surgical strike” in Pakistan-administered Kashmir that […]
Read more »Indus Waters Treaty Rides Out Latest Crisis
September 25th, 2016
Via The Third Pole, an interesting look at how a recent terrorist attack has led to the questioning of the Indus Waters Treaty in India, but officially there is no move to change or rescind it: The 1960 World Bank-mediated Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan is considered one of the great success stories of water diplomacy, especially […]
Read more »Indus Basin Groundwater Depletion: Unsteady Footings for India-Pakistan Relations
September 1st, 2016
Via Future Directions International, a report on growing tensions in the Indus Basin: Background In the discourse between India and Pakistan the issue of water sharing has gained prominence this year with the move by Pakistan to take India to The Hague. This was an issue over the damming of the rivers feeding Pakistan, namely […]
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