Thanks for the comments. All sensible stuff. I certainly don't want to take the comparison with the Mekong too far. But those upstream countries can be a problem!
That may even one day be the problem on the Nile, where historically the bully boy has been downstream Egypt, but where Ethiopian hydro-hegemony is taking shape.
I guess we need treaties rather than commissions. Because at the end of the day, sharing out water on international rivers is a matter of politics rather than science.
Thanks for the comments. All sensible stuff. I certainly don't want to take the comparison with the Mekong too far. But those upstream countries can be a problem!
That may even one day be the problem on the Nile, where historically the bully boy has been downstream Egypt, but where Ethiopian hydro-hegemony is taking shape.
I guess we need treaties rather than commissions. Because at the end of the day, sharing out water on international rivers is a matter of politics rather than science.