The authors explore the fresh water crisis of Himalayan Asia. While the region hosts some of the world's mightiest rivers, it is also home to rapidly modernizing, increasingly affluent, and demographically multiplying societies, ensuring the rapid depletion of water resources and of disputes over ownership of transboundary waters.

PART I: FUNDAMENTALS OF RIVER RIVALRY IN HIMALAYAN ASIA Water Insecurity in Himalayan Asia Challenge of Climate Change in Himalayan Asia PART II: SOURCES OF TRANS-BOUNDARY RIVER DISPUTES Damming the Rivers-I: The Irrigation Imperative Damming the Rivers-II: The Energy Imperative Damming the Rivers-III: The Diversion Imperative PART III: ALTERNATIVES TO WATER CONFLICT Cooperative River Basin Management Water Technology Innovation PART IV: THE FUTURE OF HIMALAYAN ASIA'S RIVERS Conclusion: Swimming Against the Tide

DR. ROBERT G. WIRSING is Professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Qatar, State of Qatar. Major published works include: Ethnic Diasporas & Great Power Strategies in Asia (2007); Baloch Nationalism & the Geopolitics of Energy Resources; The Changing Context of Separatism in Pakistan; Fixing Fractured Nations: The Challenge of Ethnic Separatism in the Asia-Pacific (2010). His recent research focuses primarily on the politics and diplomacy of natural resources (water and energy) in South Asia.
DR. CHRISTOPHER JASPARRO is Associate Professor at the US Naval War College, USA. He is a geographer specializing in environmental and non-state security threats. Recent publications have appeared in Geopolitics, Water Policy, and Jane's Intelligence Review.
DR. DANIEL C. STOLL is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Doha, Qatar, State of Qatar. His research interests include the role of multilateral institutions in the international system, as well as US foreign policy in the Middle East. He is co-editor of and contributing author to The Politics of Scarcity: Water in the Middle East.