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This pioneering and authoritative study considers the profound impact of the growing worldwide water stress on international peace and security, as well as possible ways to mitigate the crisis. Although water is essential to sustaining life and livelihoods, geostrategist Brahma Chellaney argues that it remains the globe's most underappreciated and undervalued resource. One sobering fact is that the retail price of bottled water is already higher than the international spot price of crude oil. But unlike oil, water has no substitute, raising the specter of water becoming the next flashpoint for conflict.Water war as a concept may not mesh with the conventional construct of warfare, especially for those who plan with tanks, combat planes, and attack submarines as weapons.
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He sits on a number of national and international organizational boards, including the academic council of The Henry Jackson Society, London. He has lectured at military war colleges, major think-tanks and universities, and international business forums like the CLSA Investors' Forum, Global ARC, and FutureChina Global Forum, and participated in high-powered initiatives like the Bergedorf Roundtable, the Singapore Global Forum, and the World Economic Forum at Davos.
