Rethinking Nuclear Security: The Case for an Elite Nuclear Force in India
…secured by CISF. However, the cover provided by CISF to other ancillary units such as seven Heavy Water Plants (HWPs) that are responsible for the production of heavy water (D2O)…
Militarized Commons: How Territorial Competition is Weaponizing Fisheries and Destroying the South China Sea
…a staggering 70%-95% decline since the 1950s.9Gregory B. Poling, Illuminating the South China Sea’s Dark Fishing Fleets,” the Center for Strategic and International Studies, (2019). https://ocean.csis.org/spotlights/illuminating-the-south-china-seas-dark-fishing-fleets/.10Pauly, D., “The fisheries of the…
David Michel quoted in Circle of Blue on India-Pakistan water tensions
…in five years that the confrontation has escalated to The Hague. Pakistan invoked the right to air its grievances before the seven-member court under the Indus Water Treaty, the bilateral…
David Michel Quoted In Vice On Water Scarcity In The Middle East
…Until the Middle East’s colossal water crisis is alleviated, militant and extremist groups may continue to exploit the shortage to gain power, loyalty, and state-like legitimacy. -snip- ISIS…
Destructive Mekong Dams: Critical Need for Transparency
…Development Bank (ADB) joined forces with the MRC to formulate an ambitious new Mekong Water Resources Assistance Strategy (MWRAS), oriented towards large-scale hydropower, irrigation, and water transfer projects. Environmental groups…
Under Pressure: International Water Management Challenges in the Himalayan Region
Water managers across the Himalayan region will confront a host of overlapping socio-economic, environmental, and policy challenges as they strive to fulfill their societies’ future water needs. In many of…
Testing the Waters for Normalizing U.S.-Iran Relations
…and threats. So far, no concrete steps have been taken, but the nations might benefit if they literally tested the waters in the Persian Gulf and the North Arabian Sea…
Jakarta Flood and Mekong Drought: Two Sides of the Same Coin
…and sickened as many as 400,000, has been blamed in part on the depletion of fresh water from the underground aquifer. The withdrawal of ground water for drinking and other…