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The Parched Tiger: A Familiar Dispute in the Indus River Valley
January 12th, 2017
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), additional analysis of tensions over the Indus River: For centuries, control of the Indus River Basin’s waters has been a point of contention among the region’s inhabitants. Since 1960, the Indus Waters Treaty has governed use of the region’s water between India and Pakistan. But late in 2016, a flare-up between […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Indus Waters Treaty Continues
January 6th, 2017
Via The Third Pole, a report on how – as the World Bank starts shuttle diplomacy between New Delhi and Islamabad to resolve the latest dispute over the Indus Waters Treaty – officials in both India and Pakistan reiterate their support to the treaty itself: India has asked the World Bank not to rush in […]
Read more »A River Runs Through an African Rivalry
January 3rd, 2017
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), analysis of the dispute over the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam which is only the most recent expression of a longstanding conflict over the Nile: Forecast The competition to secure water from the Nile River will create problems for Egypt and Ethiopia, much as it has for centuries. The countries will, […]
Read more »Parched Pakistan
January 2nd, 2017
Via India’s Express, a report on Pakistan’s water crisis: Pakistan has been inching towards a water crisis for decades. In 1951, it was a water-abundant country with an annual per capita availability of around 5,260 cubic meters (m3). By 2013, this declined to as low as 964 m3 per annum. The country is expected to […]
Read more »Are India And Pakistan Set For Water Wars?
December 22nd, 2016
Via the BBC, a look at the Indian-Pakistani tensions over the Indus: India is stepping up efforts to maximise its water use from the western rivers of the Indus basin, senior officials have told the BBC. The move would involve building huge storage facilities and canals. The three rivers flow through Indian-administered Kashmir but most […]
Read more »India Relaxes Stance On Indus Water Dispute
December 16th, 2016
Via The Hindu, a report on how officials in India recently showed willingness to participate in talks with Pakistan over disputed hydroelectric projects in the Indus River Basin, despite earlier objections this month: Signalling a step back from tensions in the past month over the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan, India said there was “no reason” the two […]
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