Water, Wars and an Uncertain Future

Dec 2, 2015 | Sundeep Waslekar
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In its Blue Peace report, published in February 2011, Strategic Foresight Group proposed several solutions to use water as an instrument of peace and prosperity in the Middle East. One of them was adapted from Mouallem’s framework. A month after the release of the report, Syria was engulfed in civil strife. The primary reason was the erosion of the social contract between the state and its citizens. But one of the key contributing factors was drought and the failure to pursue regional water cooperation, which had sent many farmers into destitution and migration to overstretched cities.In its Blue Peace report, published in February 2011, Strategic Foresight Group proposed several solutions to use water as an instrument of peace and prosperity in the Middle East. One of them was adapted from Mouallem’s framework.A month after the release of the report, Syria was engulfed in civil strife. The primary reason was the erosion of the social contract between the state and its citizens. But one of the key contributing factors was drought and the failure to pursue regional water cooperation, which had sent many farmers into destitution and migration to overstretched cities.- See more at: http://www.jordantimes.com/opinion/sundeep-waslekar/water-wars-and-uncertain-future#sthash.JHRTlyDG.dpuf