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A New Kind of Conflict is Upon Us
David Holden30 October 2025
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- Water scarcity is escalating into a central driver of interstate conflict as upstream dams, climate change, and historical grievances weaponize shared rivers across multiple global flashpoints.
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Throughout history, wars have raged over land, gold, and gods. Now a new kind of conflict looms — one fought over the essence of life itself: water.
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