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Op-Ed: Balancing Inclusion and Incursion from Kashmir’s Rail Bridges
Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons By Anonymous In March of 2023, the final tracks of the Chenab Bridge were laid down, signaling another milestone in the completion of the world’s highest rail bridge. Passing over the Chenab River, this steel and concrete arch bridge is part of a nationally-funded rail line in the Indian state of…
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Waiting to Die of Thirst: Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan, and the GERD
Photo Credit: Olof von Gawinski By Michael KeeneStaff Writer In northeast Africa, a tragedy of epic proportions has been playing out for decades. Ethiopia’s ongoing construction of a massive $4.5 billion dam over the Nile River’s largest tributary has led to an increasingly volatile East African environment, in which old colonial practices, climate change, and…