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World Living Beyond Its Means: Warns UN’s Global Water Bankruptcy Report

By Umar Manzoor Shah
The world has entered what United Nations researchers now describe as an era of Global Water Bankruptcy, a condition where humanity has irreversibly overspent the planet’s water resources, leaving ecosystems, economies, and communities unable to recover to previous levels.

We Must Think of “Security” in New Ways

By Zafar Adeel
Recent events in the Arab world and elsewhere have underscored the point that traditional notions of security being dependent solely on military and related apparatus are outmoded.

Dwindling Water Supplies Make Every Drop Count

By Stephen Leahy
Drought and chronic water shortages played a significant role in sparking Syria's civil war and in unrest throughout much of the Middle East, water experts now believe.
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