More: Water Resources
Between Two Niles: What China’s Water Security Endorsement Means for Ethiopia
China’s endorsement of Egypt’s right to protect its water and food security marks a significant diplomatic development in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)...
China’s GERD Leverage: Can Beijing Broker a Deal Between Egypt and Ethiopia?
The People's Republic of China possesses a broad network of geopolitical and economic interests in the Horn of Africa, a region of vital importance...
Could the Indus Waters Treaty Freeze Trigger South Asia’s Next Water War?
As Himalayan glaciers retreat and monsoon patterns collapse into unpredictability, the suspension of the world's most durable water treaty is no longer a bilateral...
The Human Right to Water: The Case of Jordan
The human right to water is recognized by the United Nations in a series of General Assembly and Human Rights Council resolutions and international...
The New Geopolitics of AI: Water, Energy, and the Battle for Computational Power
The global race for artificial intelligence is no longer just a contest of algorithms, but a struggle for physical infrastructure, massive 300 MW–scale data...
The Age of Water Bankruptcy – Victims, Perpetrators and Processes
Introduction
A recent report from the UN Institute for Water, Environment and Health announced we have entered an age of ‘water bankruptcy’. The language of...
India’s Rice Export Boom Fuels a Looming Groundwater Crisis
India’s rise to become the world’s largest rice producer and exporter has been hailed by politicians as a triumph of policy and farmer resilience....
Iraq’s Quest for Wheat Independence Threatened by Severe Water Shortages
Iraq, historically one of the Middle East’s largest wheat importers, has in recent years sought to achieve self-sufficiency by expanding domestic wheat production. Strategic...
The AI Boom’s Cooling Problem: How Heat Threatens Tech Progress
The increase in data centers, due to companies outsourcing data storage and using energy-intensive artificial intelligence, is creating challenges in maintaining cool environments. A...
Beyond Megawatts: Water as the Hidden Backbone of AI and Energy Infrastructure
The exponential rise in electricity demand, driven by AI infrastructure and high-performance computing, has introduced new stressors. Water is a critical yet often overlooked...