Food Crisis – THE VANDENBERG COALITION https://vandenbergcoalition.org A network of foreign policy scholars Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:39:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://vandenbergcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cropped-cropped-Screen-Shot-2021-04-27-at-9.44.39-AM-32x32.png Food Crisis – THE VANDENBERG COALITION https://vandenbergcoalition.org 32 32 War in Ukraine Is Destabilizing the Middle East and North Africa https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/war-ukraine-destabilizing-middle-east-and-north-africa-202965?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=beyond_the_waters_edge&utm_term=2022-06-15 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/war-ukraine-destabilizing-middle-east-and-north-africa-202965?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=beyond_the_waters_edge&utm_term=2022-06-15#respond Wed, 15 Jun 2022 18:02:35 +0000 https://vandenbergcoalition.org/?p=4492 Bottom Line: Russia's war has stalled grain exports which feed tens of millions of people across the Middle East & North Africa. Domestic unrest in countries including Lebanon, Egypt, and Iran will continue to grow as long as food remains scarce and expensive.]]> Saeed Ghasseminejad

National Interest

June 13, 2022

Bottom Line: Russia’s war has stalled grain exports which feed tens of millions of people across the Middle East & North Africa. Domestic unrest in countries including Lebanon, Egypt, and Iran will continue to grow as long as food remains scarce and expensive.

]]> https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/war-ukraine-destabilizing-middle-east-and-north-africa-202965?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=beyond_the_waters_edge&utm_term=2022-06-15/feed/ 0 Russia’s War Exacerbates Global Food Crisis https://vandenbergcoalition.org/russias-war-exacerbates-global-food-crisis/ https://vandenbergcoalition.org/russias-war-exacerbates-global-food-crisis/#respond Thu, 09 Jun 2022 17:29:05 +0000 https://vandenbergcoalition.org/?p=4485 Bottom Line Up Front:
● Russia’s war of aggression has nearly halted grain exports from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, destabilizing a
fragile world food market already stressed by the pandemic and recent droughts.
● Prices of grain and other staple crops are up 50 percent on world markets, which the UN estimates
could drive hundreds of millions into food insecurity and provoke famine in the developing world.
● Food instability will continue to drive up costs for Americans here at home and could destabilize
countries in the developing world, exacerbating the risk of conflict and terrorism.

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