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¦ Chellaney shows how today`s economic growth could lead to tomorrow`s water wars. This is a vital book for anybody interested in diplomacy and conflict in the twenty-first century`
“ Stanley A. Weiss, founding chairman, Business Executives for National Security, Washington DC
The battles of yesterday were fought over land; those of today are over energy. But the battles of tomorrow may be over water. Nowhere is that danger greater than in water-distressed Asia.
Water stress is set to become Asia`s defining crisis of the twenty-first century, creating obstacles to continued rapid economic growth, stoking interstate tensions over shared resources, exacerbating long-time territorial disputes, and imposing further hardships on the poor. Asia is home to many of the world`s great rivers and lakes, but its huge population and exploding economic and agricultural demand for water make it the most water-scarce continent on a per capita basis. Many of Asia`s water sources cross national boundaries, and as less and less water is available, international tensions will rise. The potential for conflict is further underscored by China`s unrivalled global status as the source of transboundary river flows to the largest number of countries, as it declines to enter into water-sharing or cooperative treaties with these states, even as it taps the resources of international rivers.
Water: Asia`s New Battleground is a pioneering study of Asia`s murky water politics and the relationships between freshwater, peace, and security. Brahma Chellaney paints a larger picture of water across Asia, highlights the security implications of resource-linked territorial disputes, and proposes real strategies to avoid conflict and more equitably share Asia`s water resources.
ISBN: 9789350291443
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Pages : 400
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