Still open: waiting on events (Within 10 years).
P471
Southeast Asia will face water wars within about 10 years because its fresh water comes from the China-controlled Tibetan plateau.
What Jiang said
“right now we fight over oil but I guarantee you in 10 years time we'll be fighting over water. And I think Southeast Asia is extremely vulnerable”
Analysis
He says Southeast Asia has too many people, too few resources and ethnic conflicts, and that in 10 years the world will fight over water rather than oil.
Status history
- 2026-10-26 · Pending (claude-sonnet-5-5)