#hydropolitics

To watch a concise video on this topic, click here For decades, sensationalist headlines have traded on a primal fear: that the parched landscapes of the Middle East are the inevitable frontlines of an impending “Water War.” Pundits frequently deploy warnings that “water wars could pose a real threat,” suggesting that resource scarcity is a fuse waiting to be lit. Yet, in November 2021, the…

India and China: Are They Destined to Be Adversaries?

The emerging discourse on Hydro-politics and its relevance (Part-I)

Shahzada Rahim Review of the famous book “Water: Asia’s New battleground” by Brahma Chellaney The battles of yesterday were over land The battles of today are over energy The battles of tomorrow may be over water Background Water stress has become Asia’s defining crisis of the twenty-first century that has become an obstacle to rapid economic growth and stocking tension over the shared…