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 unrivaled global status as the
source of transboundary river flows to the largest number of
countries, ranging from India and Vietnam to Russia and Kazakhstan;
Yet a fast-rising China has declined 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 polities and the
relationships between freshwater, peace, and security. In this
unique and highly readable book, Brahma Chellaney expertly 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 to more equitably share
Asia's water resources.
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