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Blood For Water? Why India Is Within Its Rights To Withdraw From Indus Water Treaty
April 29th, 2025
Via Stagecraft and Statecraft, commentary on why India is within its right to withdraw from the Indus Water Treaty: When the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) was signed in 1960, it was an act of extraordinary generosity on India’s part. Despite being the upper riparian state, India reserved for Pakistan over 80% of the Indus Basin […]
Read more »The Indus Waters Treaty: Colonial Legacies, Cold War Geopolitics, and Climate Challenges
April 27th, 2025
Via The Diplomat a look at how the recent suspension of the Indus Water Treat offers India a chance for renegotiation, while Pakistan faces limited options to uphold its current status: India has suspended the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan following a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir that killed at least 27 civilians. This is the […]
Read more »India’s Suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty With Pakistan Could Backfire
April 25th, 2025
Via The Diplomat, a report on India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty which could prompt China to block the Brahmaputra River, which supplies around 30 percent of India’s fresh water and about 44 percent of its total hydropower potential: Tensions between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan have escalated sharply after a militant attack at […]
Read more »The Indus in a Climate Crisis: Reassessing Punjab’s Cholistan Canal Project
April 1st, 2025
Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at how the proposed Cholistan Canal project in Punjab has ignited a critical debate against the backdrop of an escalating climate crisis, placing Pakistan’s lifeline, the Indus River, under unprecedented strain: The proposed Cholistan Canal project in Punjab has ignited a critical debate against the backdrop of an escalating climate […]
Read more »Pakistan’s Dispute Over New Canal Threatens Political Coalition
March 26th, 2025
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on a disputed $750m canal in Pakistan: Growing concerns over a potential water crisis from the building of a new canal have sparked opposition across Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, with the local assembly passing a resolution against it in mid-March. This has raised fear that the Pakistan People’s Party […]
Read more »Can Climate Break the Ice for India and Pakistan?
November 27th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a look at how climate and water issues could bring a change in bilateral relations between India and Pakistan: Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s visit to Islamabad for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit last month was the most high profile Indian diplomatic engagement in Pakistan since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise pit-stop in […]
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