Water a Dimension of Threat to Wars

Apr 30, 2025 | Patial RC
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Water conflicts may soon become the main source of discord between nations replacing the ongoing boundary disputes and discords. Brigadier Pervez Musharraf (former Pak Army Chief and President) while at the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1990 opines in a research paper that ‘Indus waters issue the potential of future conflict.’ Water is increasingly recognized as a significant dimension of conflict, including the ongoing war in Ukraine, where it’s used as a weapon, a casualty, and a trigger for conflict. The war in Ukraine has demonstrated how water resources and infrastructure can be targeted and of essential services of water disrupted.