Fluid frontiers

THE world’s water systems are changing before our eyes. Glaciers are retreating, monsoons are growing erratic, floods are more intense, and droughts more prolonged. These shifts are not simply environmental; they are profoundly political. As the hydrological cycle becomes unstable, the politics of water are hardening. The question is no longer about who controls land, but who controls flow. In the 21st century, new theatres of conflict will emerge around river basins, glacier-fed watersheds a...

By none@none.com (Aisha Khan)