Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes 1. Gopal Siwakoti, Trans-Boundary River Basins in South Asia: Options for Conflict Resolution, International Rivers, Kathmandu, 2011. 2. A. Nishat and I.M. Faisal, ‘An Assessment of the Institutional Mechanisms for Water Negotiations in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna System’, International Negotiations, 5, 2000, pp. 289–310. 3. Water Security for India: The External Dynamics, IDSA Task Force Report, The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, 2011. 4. Towhidul Anwar Khan, Trans-boundary Water Issues in South Asia, Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association, Dhaka, 2007. 5. The Bangladesh India Joint Sub-group on the Tipaimukh Project met for the first time in August 2012 to work out the terms of reference over a joint study of the project's impact on the ecology. 6. An agreement on the Teesta river was due to be signed by the prime ministers of Bangladesh and India in September 2011 but fell through at the last minute due to the complexities of Indian domestic politics. Progress has been slow since then but has featured prominently in bilateral interactions. 7. Global Water Security, Intelligence Community Assessment, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, ICA, Washington, February 2012. 8. Geoffrey Pyatt, ‘Hydro Diplomacy for Regional Cooperation over Himalayan Watersheds’, South Asia Journal, 1, July 2011, pp. 24–27. 9. Fresh Water under Threat: South Asia, United Nations Environment Programme, 2009, at http://www.unep.org/pdf/southasia_report.pdf