
Audio India has been hit with an onslaught of destructive floods followed by severe droughts in recent years. Meanwhile, the country's increasing animosity with Pakistan risk complicating the Indus Water Treaty, which dictates the share of water each country receives from the Indus River basin. Suffice to say, water has become a hot geopolitical issue for the country of 1.3 billion people, and likely will be for the foreseeable future. In this podcast, Stratfor's South Asia Analyst, Faisel Pervaiz, speaks with contributor Ambika Vishwanath about India's escalating water crisis and the ways in which it will seep into each crevice of the country's domestic and foreign policy aims. Related Reading Has a Water-Sharing Pact Between Pakistan and India Grown Stagnant? from Stratfor Worldview Pakistan Puts Out Feelers for Dialogue with India , from Stratfor Worldview In the Arabian Sea, Competing Ports in Iran and Pakistan Fuel Ambition and Mistrust ,...