Water Conflicts Surge Globally: A Conversation on Rising Threats

Dec 4, 2025 | Madelyn MacMurray
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Events over this past year have made water’s role in global conflicts increasingly salient. India threatened to restrict water flows to Pakistan in response to cross-border terrorism. Cyberattacks targeted water facilities across the United States and United Kingdom. And water infrastructure became a deliberate casualty in conflict zones from Ukraine to Gaza.