WATERS OF THE NILE—DISPUTE SIMMERS BUT ARMED CONFLICT UNLIKELY

The Washington-based Institute for Defense Analysis (IDA) published on 27 November 2013 a brief analysis titled "Waters of the Nile--Dispute Simmers but Armed Conflict Unlikely" by George F. Ward, an IDA research staff member and former US ambassador to Namibia.  Ward concludes that a way out of this dispute may be through regional water and hydropower sharing cooperation.