Water shortage becomes a security risk | Eastern Express https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/3b4cef87-aa74-4685-80ee-8070a686018b Central Asia is facing a water crisis that could reshape the region’s future. Glaciers in the Tien Shan and Pamir Mountains are retreating, threatening the river systems that sustain agriculture, hydropower generation, and cities across Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. At the same time, outdated irrigation networks, Afghanistan’s Qosh Tepa canal, population growth, and rising temperatures are increasing pressure on already fragile water supplies. The consequences could include food shortages, migration, interstate tensions, and deeper dependence on outside powers such as Russia and China. In this episode of Eastern Express, host Benjamin Lee and his guest, Marcin Grabowski, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the Jagiellonian University, look at why Central Asia’s next great geopolitical crisis may begin not with oil, gas, or borders – but with water. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction: Water as Central Asia’s strategic issue 03:46 Introduction: Socioeconomic risks and geopolitics of scarcity 07:00 Interview: Worsening trends, upstream–downstream tensions, and cooperation trajectories 12:22 Interview: The necessity to modernize infrastructure 17:08 Interview: Cautious optimism for the next decade 19:22 Eastern News Flash 🔴 Watch our 24/7 livestream - https://youtube.com/live/9RY46AUtIl4 Bringing you all the latest daily news and updates, TVP World is Poland's first English-language channel where you can find world news as seen from the Polish perspective and the latest news from the CEE region. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. https://tvpworld.com/ https://www.facebook.com/tvpworldcom https://twitter.com/TVPWorld_com https://www.instagram.com/tvp_world/ https://www.threads.net/@tvp_world https://bsky.app/profile/tvpworld.bsky.social https://www.tiktok.com/@tvpworld.com https://t.me/tvp_world #water #asia #security Sun, 28 Jun 2026 01:50:15 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.echelon.pl Water shortage becomes a security risk | Eastern Express https://video.echelon.pl/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/3b4cef87-aa74-4685-80ee-8070a686018b All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.echelon.pl/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.