Trans-border waterways have always been sources of geopolitical tension, and climate change is only making cooperation more difficult. This article examines three international water conflicts to keep an eye on in the coming years.

Egypt-Ethiopia tensions, fueled by water conflict and the Grand Renaissance Dam, are increasingly reverberating in the wider geopolitics of the region.

A new China-Cambodia canal project risks ecological damage in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, highlighting the need for a joint approach to development.

A recent speech by Kazakhstan’s president outlines the growing importance of trans-national water and electricity generation issues; and nuclear energy is increasingly being floated as a potential solution.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam remains an intractable geopolitical challenge; however, new diplomatic initiatives spearheaded by Russia and South Africa aim to make headway.

The most coveted strategic commodity in the Middle East will one day be water, not oil, and NATO strategists would do well to bear this in mind.

New dreams of an EU army, a humanitarian disaster brews in Ethiopia, and the contest to replace Suga Yoshihide heats up in Japan.

A new proposal from President Tokayev takes aim at one of the most pressing, albeit often understated, issues facing the region.

A brutal heatwave is exacerbating resource shortages and fueling sectarian conflict in Iran and Iraq.

The dam is a source of acute tension between Ethiopia and downriver states Sudan and Egypt.