Global Water Security Center

Providing decision makers with the most reliable, ground-breaking research, applied scientific techniques, and best practices so that the hydrologic cycle and its potential impacts can be put in a context for appropriate action and response by the United States

Analysis Products

Click on each image below to download examples of GWSC’s analysis products. These include our Quicklooks, which provide key facts and data related to specific water events and locations.

Afghan Dams Cause Downstream Strife in Iran and Turkmenistan

Argentina, 2035: Critical Minerals’ Benefits to Argentina’s Economy Come With Steep Water Costs

Kazakhstan: Water connects Kazakhstan to powerful neighbors China and Russia, but water patterns are projected to shift. 

Tehran, Iran 2025: Not Day Zero, But Water Demand Exceeds Supply

GRAND ETHIOPIAN RENAISSANCE DAM (GERD): Reservoir Filling Shows Little Impact on Egypt’s Nile Water Supply

Venezuela, 2025-26: Flooding Strains Financial Resources, Increases Displacement as Families Seek Safer Conditions

PHILIPPINES, 2035: Dangerous Heat Days May Disrupt Electricity and Inflame Political Turmoil

Gabon’s Future Hydropower: Large Rivers and Ample Rainfall Offer Substantial Untapped Development Potential

India and Pakistan, 2025: India Would Need To Build Multi-Billion Dollar Dams to Make Good On Water Threats

Canada, 2035: Occasional Extreme Heat May Threaten Disaster Resilience 

Lake Chad Basin, 2035: Flooding, Heatwaves, and Drought Can Drive Rebel Recruitment

Russia, Feb.-Jun. 2025: Export Quotes May Impact Grain Trade and Food Security

Lesotho, 2035: Water-Rich Country Poor in Domestic Water Infrastructure

Paraná River Basin: The Past is Neither the Present nor the Future

Malawi, 2035: Drier Wet Years & Changing Rainfall Will Make Livelihoods Even More Precarious

Jordan Water Crisis: Groundwater Depletion, Desalination Limits, and Population-Driven Scarcity

SE Asia/South Pacific: La Niña Could Inundate Regions Still Recovering From Floods

Iran, 2035: Fossil Groundwater Offsets Looming Water Shortage For Now

Afghanistan: Rising Temperatures Limit Legal Crops That Could Replace Opium

Gulf of Guinea, 2035: Floods, droughts, and heatwaves are now the norm.

Panama, 2024: Tight Water-use Margins Limit Canal Operations During Drought

Mexico City 2024: Imminent Water “Day Zero” Crisis is Exaggerated

Haiti & Dominican Republic, 2024: Massacre River is Political Flashpoint between Two Nations

SOUTHCOM, March-May 2024: Equator Divides Extreme Wet and Dry Conditions (El Niño Impacts)