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  • New Global Analysis Finds Water-Related Terrorism Is On the Rise

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    Guest Contributor  //  May 8, 2018  //  By Jennifer Veilleux & Shlomi Dinar
    Water Collection Somalia

    In 2014, after losing a number of Somalian cities it had captured to African Union and Somali troops, the terrorist group Al-Shabaab changed its tactics. To demonstrate its continued power and presence, Al-Shabaab cut off water supplies to its formerly held cities. Residents from these cut-off cities were forced to fetch water from nearby towns, many of which Al-Shabaab controlled. But the terror group prevented anyone living in government-controlled territory from entering, which increased people’s frustration with the government.

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  • Lessons From International Water Sharing Agreements for Dealing With Climate Change

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    Guest Contributor  //  June 19, 2017  //  By Shlomi Dinar & Ariel Dinar
    Dead-Sea

    Scientists agree that many countries in tropical, subtropical, and arid regions should expect changes to water availability and supply from climate change. The U.S. intelligence community has likewise warned of water-driven challenges not only for countries directly affected by water changes, but indirectly to various U.S. national security interests. Perhaps not surprisingly then, the popular literature has been quite clear about prophesizing wars over water.

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