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Bernard Schwartz Book Award Luncheon: Brahma Chellaney

Water: Asia’s New Battleground, by Brahma Chellaney, was named winner of the 2012 Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award for its outstanding contribution to advancing the understanding of contemporary Asia.

In his timely and insightful book, Dr. Chellaney describes water stress as Asia’s defining crisis of the 21st century, creating obstacles to continued rapid economic growth, stoking interstate tensions over shared resources, exacerbating long-time territorial disputes, and imposing further hardships on the poor. Home to many of the world’s great rivers and lakes, Asia also has a huge population and an exploding economic and agricultural demand for water, making it the most water-scarce continent on a per capita basis. Additionally, many of Asia’s water sources cross national boundaries, and as less and less water is available, international tensions will rise. In response to this array of challenges, Dr. Chellaney proposes strategies to avoid conflict and more equitably share Asia’s water resources.

Please join us for a special luncheon honoring Dr. Chellaney, with remarks from the author, a moderated discussion, and book signing.











When: Wed., Jan. 23, 2013 at 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Where: Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Ave.
212-288-6400
Price: $11
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Water: Asia’s New Battleground, by Brahma Chellaney, was named winner of the 2012 Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award for its outstanding contribution to advancing the understanding of contemporary Asia.

In his timely and insightful book, Dr. Chellaney describes water stress as Asia’s defining crisis of the 21st century, creating obstacles to continued rapid economic growth, stoking interstate tensions over shared resources, exacerbating long-time territorial disputes, and imposing further hardships on the poor. Home to many of the world’s great rivers and lakes, Asia also has a huge population and an exploding economic and agricultural demand for water, making it the most water-scarce continent on a per capita basis. Additionally, many of Asia’s water sources cross national boundaries, and as less and less water is available, international tensions will rise. In response to this array of challenges, Dr. Chellaney proposes strategies to avoid conflict and more equitably share Asia’s water resources.

Please join us for a special luncheon honoring Dr. Chellaney, with remarks from the author, a moderated discussion, and book signing.

Buy tickets/get more info now