“The innovation was incredible the way they’re considered a startup nation,” said Candice Hasenyager, director of Utah’s Division of Water Resources.įounded in 1948 as a Jewish state, Israel had to find its own water. The receding water line and the exposed lakebed on the Great Salt Lake's north arm as seen from the air Aug. The country also enjoys a reputation as a “startup nation” for tech. Israel has innovated ways to find water, use it and re-use it and utilizes technologies to help with conservation. Chris Wilson, R-Logan, “as it should be to us here in Utah with the second-driest state in the country.” Beyond that, some in the delegation would like to import Israel’s mindset on water. Ferry said the state is looking at whether some Israeli technologies might be applicable to Utah’s needs. Utah State Engineer and Division of Water Rights Director Teresa Wilhelmsen said Israel has “some advancements that we could really think about here for Utah.” IMPORTING IDEASĮarlier this year, the Utah State Legislature approved funding for new technologies for water conservation and augmentation, particularly in the agriculture sector. Casey Snider, R-Paradise, who co-chairs the Utah State Legislature’s Great Salt Lake Caucus. “My goal at the end of this is to take some of these ideas that are born here in Israel and see if they can fit into our system,” said Rep. In 2018, Chris founded the European Scholars of South Asian International Relations (ESSAIR) research network.This April 25, 2020, photo shows an empty tourist beach front with wildflowers blooming on the banks of the Sea of Galilee, locally known as Lake Kinneret.

He has previously taught at the Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Durham, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Chris is also concerned with the role of norms and identity in International Relations, and the analytical uses of social psychology. He joined the University of St Andrews in 2010, and his research analyses the relationship between national identity, security and domestic politics in South Asia (primarily India) and East Asia (primarily China), as well as the rise of great powers, authoritarianism in global politics, and China’s coming world order.

Chris Ogden is Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor in Asian Security.

Great Minds by Chris Ogden