Now in an updated edition, this pioneering and authoritative study considers the profound impact of the growing global water crunch on international peace and s

Examining international water allocation policies in different parts of the world, this book suggests that they can be used as a platform to induce cooperation

Describes the effect that Asia's exploding population will have on the supply of freshwater, discusses how the scarcity of this resource will give rise to terri

The human race has often put a high value on struggle, strife, turmoil, and excitement. Peace has been regarded as a utopian, unattainable, perhaps dull ideal o

Argues that the key to the formation of an empire lies in a society's capacity for collective action, resulting from people banding together to confront a commo