Peace studies & conflict resolution
Hydropolitics in Pakistan’s Indus Basin
by Daanish Mustafa
Description
This report, commissioned by the United States Institute of Peace, examines the Indus Waters Treaty and its role in contemporary international hydropolitics in the Indus basin, paying particular attention to the most recent river development projects on the Indian side of the Indus’s three western tributaries. Conflicts around contemporary large-scale water development projects in the Indian and Pakistani parts of the Indus basin are also reviewed. Arguing against assumptions about the inevitability of conflict over water because of its future absolute scarcity, this report finds that, on the international level, the lack of transparency in data sharing between India and Pakistan and the trust deficit between them have real potential for accentuating tensions in the subcontinent. It also finds that, on the subnational level, focus on the supply side of water management and pervasive inequities and inefficiencies in water distribution in
both India and Pakistan have the potential to drive interprovincial conflict in Pakistan.
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Author Biography
Daanish Mustafa is a senior lecturer in Environment, Politics, and Development at the Department of Geography, King’s College, London. His research interests include the intersection of water resources, environmental hazards, and development, primarily in Pakistan.
United States Institute of Peace
The United States Insitute of Peace was created by the US congress as a federally funded press creating works to prevent and resolve global conflict by providing education and resources to work towards peace.
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Bibliographic Information
- Publisher United States Institute of Peace
- Publication Date November 2010
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781601274090
- Publication Country or regionUnited States
- FormatEbook
- Pages16
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- SeriesSpecial Report
- Series Part261
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