title: Water is a catalyst for peace.
abstract: Despite much recent rhetoric predicting growing conflict, even wars, over water, the weight of historical evidence points overwhelmingly to peaceful resolution of such conflicts. Water in fact tends to act as a catalyst for cooperation.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Education, Cape Town 8001, South Africa.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asmal
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D014881:Water Supply