Provides an analytical framework to help policy makers interpret the potential impacts and significance of drought and weather extremes as they intersect with other development challenges and difficult developmental trade-offs.

Foreword: General James L. JonesPart I: In Search of a Mission1. In Search of a MissionDavid ReedPartII: Conflict and Climate ChangeFraming Note: The Social Dimensions of WaterDavid Reed2. Development and Diplomacy: Water, the SDGs, and U.S. Foreign PolicyErika Weinthal, Farah F. Hegazi, and Lesha Witmer3. Climate Variability, Water, and Security in El SalvadorHerman Rosa4. Panama: Water Security and Social Conflict in the Climate Change Era Ariel Cuschnir5. Mexico’s Pursuit of Water SecurityRomán Gómez González Cosío6. Who Stole the Water: Water, Security, and U.S. Foreign Policy in GuatemalaEduardo Stein with Lilian Marquez7. Water Stress, Instability, and Violent Extremism in NigeriaMarcus King8. Water Resources, Climate Change, and the Destabilization of Modern MesopotamiaPeter Gleick9. Iran's Impending Water CrisisDavid Michel10. Dammed If You Do and Damned If You Don't: Afghanistan's Water WoesGlen Hearns11. Winter is Coming: U.S. Strategic Interests and the Water-Energy-Agriculture Conundrum in Central AsiaRichard Paisley12. The Perils of Denial: Challenges for a Water-Secure PakistanAli Sayed, Chelsea N. Spangler, and Faizan Usman13. Water Scarcity and Regional Security in IndiaCecilia Tortajada, Udisha Saklani, and Asit K. Biswas14. Water-Energy Nexus in the HimalayasKeith Schneider15. A Perfect Storm in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Climate-Change Impacts on Food, Water, and EnergyArjun Thapan16. Building Resilience for Peace: Water, Security, and Strategic Interests in Mindanao, PhilippinesRoger-Mark De SouzaPart III: Financing Water InfrastructureFraming Note: Persistent ChallengesPatrick Coady17. Helping Weak Water Utilities Climb the Financial LadderAldo Baietti18. Financing Water and Sewer Infrastructure in the Developing WorldWilliam Streeter19. A New Chapter in Developing Water InfrastructureMarc JeulandPart IV: New Challenges, New Directions20. Paths of InfluenceDavid Reed21. Recommendations for Water, Security, and U.S. Foreign PolicyDavid Reed

'This impressive volume brings together many of the world's leading thinkers and practitioners on global water policy. The chapters survey the water and governance challenges in a number of important countries and regions. The contributors grapple with the complexity of how problems related to water potentially create security concerns for the United States and what, if anything, the U.S. government can do to help others and thereby help itself.' - Joshua Busby, Associate Professor of Public Affairs at the University of Texas-Austin and author of Water and U.S. National Security (Council on Foreign Relations 2017)'Climate change has driven home what we should have known for a long time: water is the root of much of the world's instability and conflict. And there is no one better than David Reed to apply his enormous experience across a score of regions. His careful book drives home a second truth we should have known: water is the problem but mismanagment is the curse. Accordingly, he provides a framework for critical shift in policy, from providing water to managing watershed, almost always involving more than one country.' - Greg Treverton, former chair of the U.S. National Intelligence Council