• Jul 4, 2026 hydropolitics in the third world conflict and coo in 1960, the Indus Waters Treaty is often cited as a successful model of transboundary water cooperation. It assigns control over the western rivers (Indus, Jhelum, Chenab) to Pakistan and the eastern rivers (Ravi, Beas, Sutlej) to India. Why It Wor By Lori Hoeger