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Water Security

A Bigger Problem than War: Water Security in the Middle East

Water scarcity is potentially a very stressful issue in Middle East, the most water-contested region in the world. According to World Resources [...] More

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Has Ethiopia Turned a Corner?

As a landlocked country with three of its immediate neighbors ranked in the top four of the most Fragile States Index, it is in Ethiopia’s interest [...] More

Climate Change in Ethiopia: Managing the Risks

Climate Change in Ethiopia: Managing the Risks

At least 97 people were killed and hundreds more injured across the Oromia and Amhara regions of Ethiopia over the weekend, when Ethiopian security [...] More

Increased Instability

Ethiopia faced one of the worst droughts in decades this year due to unusually strong El Niño effects, linked to climate change. The Cipher Brief’s [...] More

Water Security in South Asia: Running Dry and Running Out of Options

Water Security in South Asia: Running Dry and Running Out of Options

In the latest dispute between India and Pakistan, Islamabad has taken New Delhi to the International Court of Arbitration in The Hague over a [...] More

Stoking Tensions in an Already Volatile Region

South Asia’s critical transboundary waterways are facing unprecedented pressures as a result of rapidly increasing populations, high demand for [...] More

Sorting Through Water Wars Rhetoric

The eye catching headlines are familiar. “Water Wars” are imminent or already underway in the latest drought or dam-building hotspot. Such “wars” [...] More