In the latest from the Agri-Pulse and Council column series, Tom Grumbly of the Supporters of Agricultural Research Foundation discusses the importance of government commitment to agricultural research.
By many measures, the global economy is steadily rebounding," writes Council President Ivo Daalder. But as This Week’s Reads show, "protectionism, inequality, and ossified bureaucracy and politics" all threaten this present momentum.
“When you focus on Korea, you have to focus on everything,” says Council expert Karl Friedhoff. On the latest episode of Deep Dish, Friedhoff explains the significance of South Korea’s newly elected president and how he will usher in a new era affecting North Korea, China, Japan, and the United States.
"No one willed the world’s present interconnectedness into existence," writes Council President Ivo Daalder, but it "is the reality of our age...a reality that cannot be reversed." This Week’s Reads from Daalder examine how concerted global cooperation, be it in combating a deadly virus or in addressing human-made problems, is the only way forward.