How the River Flows: There Is Another Way the Indus Water Treaty Could Help Defeat Terror

How the river flows: There is another way the Indus Water Treaty could help defeat terror

Reimagining the intricate river network as sources for resilience and cooperation across the Indus basin, constituencies for peace can be created.

The Indus Waters Treaty: Legacy, Challenges, and the Role of Arbitration

The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), a post-independence treaty signed and implemented in 1960 by India and Pakistan under mediation from the World Bank, has remained an enduring landmark in the sharing of water in the region. On April 23, 2025, India informed that the IWT would be kept “in abeyance”, since there were “fundamental changes in circumstances”, read demographic changes, green power paradigm, and Pakistan’s cross-border terror umbilical co…