The Middle East’s Next War Will Be over Water

Jan 15, 2026 | Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez
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The Middle East is not running out of slogans. It is running out of water. And while pundits remain hypnotized by manifestos, missiles, and terrorist groups the region’s real balance of power is being rewritten quietly, mechanically, and without drama—behind concrete dams, desiccated riverbeds, and rationed taps. This is not an environmental story. It is a story about power, coercion, and survival.Modern Middle Eastern geopolitics still pretends that ideology drives history. In reality, infrastructure does. Control the flow of water, and you control agriculture, electricity, urban stability, and, ultimately, regime legitimacy. That truth is now impossible to ignore—except, apparently, by the international media class.