Indus Waters Treaty Crisis: Why South Asia’s Power Balance Is Shifting

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Last month, Pakistan formally objected to India’s Bhakara Dam expansion. This was the third major dispute filed under the Indus Waters Treaty in eighteen months. What might appear to international observers as routine treaty administration masks a fundamental geopolitical realignment: the institutional framework that has prevented water conflict in South Asia for 63 years is [...] The post Indus Waters Treaty Crisis: Why South Asia’s Power Balance Is Shifting appeared first on Modern Diplomacy .