Book ID: CBB415519768

Rivers Divided: Indus Basin Waters in the Making of India and Pakistan (2017)

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Haines, Daniel (Author)


Oxford University Press


Publication Date: 2017
Physical Details: 272
Language: English

The Indus Waters Treaty is considered a key example of India-Pakistan cooperation, but less has been said about its critical influence on state-making in both countries. Rivers Divided reveals the importance of the Indus Basin river system, and thus control over it, for Indian and Pakistani claims to sovereignty after South Asia's Partition in 1947. Securing water flows was a key aim for both governments. In 1960 the Indus Waters Treaty ostensibly settled the dispute, but in fact failed to address critical sources of tension. Examples include the role of water in the Kashmir conflict and the riverine geography of Punjab's militarised border zone. Despite the recent resurgence of disputes over water-sharing in South Asia, the historical causes and consequences of the region's flagship natural resources treaty remain little understood. Based on new research in South Asia, the United States and United Kingdom, this book places the Indus dispute, for the first time, in the context of decolonisation and Cold War-era development politics. It examines the discord at local, national and international levels, arguing that we can only explain its importance and longevity in light of India and Pakistan's state-building initiatives after independence.

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Review Majed Akhter (July 2018) Review of "Rivers Divided: Indus Basin Waters in the Making of India and Pakistan". Environmental History (pp. 627-629). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Leslie, Stuart W.
Aashique Ahmed Iqbal
Dewey, Clive
Kargon, Robert Hugh
Turchetti, Simone
Siegert, Martin
Concepts
International cooperation
International relations
Science and politics
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Medicine
Technology and government
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
Places
India
Pakistan
United States
Iran
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Institutions
Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Trombay, Bombay
Atoms for Peace 1983 Washington, DC
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
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