Milan, July 8 -- India's landmark decision to place the historic Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance following the April 22, 2025, terrorist attack in Pahalgam has been widely misrepresented by global commentators as the weaponisation of water, according to an extensive geopolitical analysis written by international writer and legal expert Dimitra Staikou for the Pressenza International Press Agency.

Writing for the independent news outlet, which specialises in global peace, disarmament, and human rights, Staikou asserted that this mainstream interpretation fundamentally mistakes the consequence for the cause, noting that the long-standing accord was never a simple legal instrument but a deeply complex political compact constructed ent...