Water Security

Competing demands for freshwater play out between sectors and regions within the same country, and between nations that vie for access to the water on which their entire economies—agriculture, energy, and industry—rely. This web page is the library for all content on water security by scholars across CSIS, while the CSIS Project on Water Security web page houses content on the nexus between global food security and global water security.

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Guardians of the Nile: No Interstate War, No Peace

Senior Fellow Natasha Hall argues that the ongoing dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam requires prompt water diplomacy to avoid increasing tensions, conflict, and displacement, even if open interstate war is not in the cards.

Commentary by Natasha Hall — July 11, 2023

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Caitlin Welsh

Caitlin Welsh

Director, Global Food and Water Security Program
Katherine E. Bliss

Katherine E. Bliss

Senior Fellow and Director, Immunizations and Health Systems Resilience, Global Health Policy Center

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Promoting Primary Health Care during a Health Security Crisis

Given the important role primary health care (PHC) has played in strengthening health systems, taking steps now to prioritize PHC can help ensure continuity of health services and a more effective outbreak response in future health crises and pandemics.

Report by Katherine E. Bliss — April 29, 2022

Water and Sanitation in the Time of Cholera

In October 2010, just nine months after an earthquake devastated the capital city of Port-au-Prince and displaced an estimated 1.5 million people, Haiti’s Ministry of Public Health and Population reported a cholera outbreak in two of the country’s most impoverished regions.

Report by Katherine E. Bliss and Matt Fisher — September 5, 2013