This may set a precedent for similar agreements on the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya, although Uzbekistan remains opposed to anything of the sort.

ECONOMIST: The heavy costs of non-co-operation

In order to fulfil their promise, they diverted two rivers that drained the melted snow from the western Himalayas: the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya.

ECONOMIST: Cotton

The public version of the report did not list specific countries but only watersheds of concern (Nile, Tigris-Euphrates, Mekong, Jordan, Indus, Brahmaputra, and Amu Darya) that corresponded with nations that are strategically important to the United States, illustrating the intersections between water challenges and U.S. national security.

FORBES: Water Risk Threatens Businesses, National Security