Programma
The Race to Control the
Natural Resources is as ancient as the whole history of mankind, at
least since societies have been structured around the concept itself of
“Power”. The competition to conquer some of the most important
resources, such as Gold and Diamonds for instance, are mainly referred
to economic reasons, while the one to the so called contemporary
Strategic Natural Resources is mainly referred to maintain or increase
power both at internal and international level. From Oil, to Gas, up to
Minerals the control of and on them guarantee a predominance over
competitors states. But when dealing with Water, the situation becomes
much more complex due to the fact that this is the Source of Life and
access to it is of paramount importance for any government in order to
insure adequate standard level of dignity to population. Beyond then, in
the typical “traditional” exercise of power around Seas, Lakes, River
and Water Basins lies the willing of certain government to impede to
competitor states to satisfy the basic needs of their people (so
reducing or avoiding popular turmoil). This scenario worsen when in
presence of specific ad hoc “political” initiatives that add to Water
precise religious or cultural “values”, so transforming Water itself in a
“transcendent” mean to fight for, well beyond its already and
recognized important biological value. In the Middle East, especially in
the last decades, this phenomena have been describe as HydroJihad, and
it can be find for instance either at geopolitical level as in the case
of the so called ISIS, or at bilateral level as in the case of the
Israel-Palestine dispute.
