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South Asia’s looming water war
Posted By Brahma Chellaney on February 22, 2023 @ 13:00
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[1] most generous: http://press.georgetown.edu/book/georgetown/water
[2] Indus Waters Treaty: https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTs/Volume%20419/volume-419-I-6032-English.pdf
[3] disrupt: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/demands-to-amend-indus-waters-treaty-not-new-but-theres-a-change-this-time-8416422/
[4] issued notice: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/explained-why-has-india-issued-notice-to-pakistan-on-indus-waters-treaty/articleshow/97379292.cms
[5] abused and even breached: https://mobile.twitter.com/Chellaney/status/1618892120521330688
[6] appointed: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/indus-waters-treaty-world-bank-appoints-neutral-expert-chairman-of-court-of-arbitration/article66027263.ece
[7] contravene: https://pca-cpa.org/en/news/proceedings-under-the-indus-waters-treaty-islamic-republic-of-pakistan-v-republic-of-india-the-court-of-arbitration-concludes-first-meeting-and-initiates-expedited-procedure-on-competence/
[8] boycotting them: https://idrw.org/iwt-india-to-boycott-arbitration-courts-while-pakistan-rejects-indian-claim-says-treaty-cannot-be-unilaterally-modified/
[9] acknowledged: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2022/10/17/world-bank-makes-appointments-under-indus-waters-treaty
[10] barring: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/india-wants-keep-third-parties-out-water-treaty-with-pakistan-sources-2023-01-27/
[11] sponsorship: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/pakistan-india-conflict-taliban-terrorism-by-brahma-chellaney-2019-03
[12] attack: https://www.business-standard.com/about/what-is-surgical-strike#collapse
[13] declared: https://www.timesnownews.com/india/blood-and-water-cannot-flow-together-pm-modi-hinted-indus-water-treaty-revisit-after-uri-attack-article-97390892
[14] Sino-Indian tensions: https://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/publictn/eurasia_border_review/Vol3SI/luthi.pdf
[15] less than 20%: https://www.dw.com/en/why-is-india-clashing-with-pakistan-on-landmark-water-deal/a-64684832
[16] embodying: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442249134/Water-Peace-and-War-Confronting-the-Global-Water-Crisis-Updated-Edition
[17] surprise war: https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/ea/99695.htm#:~:text=The%201965%20war%20between%20India,state%20of%20Jammu%20and%20Kashmir.
[18] guaranteed: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/Securing-the-Indus-treaty/article14556969.ece
[19] block progress: https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Brahma-Chellaney-Rivers-of-conflict-between-India-and-Pakistan
[20] resolution: https://senate.gov.pk/uploads/documents/resolutions/1457691952_603.pdf
[21] water stress: https://www.fao.org/aquastat/en/databases/maindatabase
[22] albatross: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/shed-the-indus-albatross-indus-waters-treaty-offers-one-sided-benefits-to-pakistan-world-bank-too-is-partisan/
[23] China-backed dams: https://www.dw.com/en/pakistan-china-backed-hydropower-projects-irk-locals-environmentalists/a-54311020
[24] Diamer Bhasha Dam: https://www.voanews.com/a/east-asia-pacific_voa-news-china_chinas-investments-pakistan-administered-kashmir-seen-blow-india/6192872.html
[25] ecological disaster: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/publication/ASIA_090422_Running%20on%20Empty_web.pdf
[26] instrument of state policy: https://www.christinefair.net/pubs/JoP_PD.pdf
[27] called: https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Senate%20Print%20112-10%20Avoiding%20Water%20Wars%20Water%20Scarcity%20and%20Central%20Asia%20Afgahnistan%20and%20Pakistan.pdf