Publications

Guest Commentary – Growing Our Way to a Healthier Climate: A New Future for Agriculture and the Environment

Ginya Truitt Nakata of the Nature Conservancy on the need to align farming practices with environmental needs. 

Deep Dish: US Intervention And Our Divided National Soul

Syria, Libya, and Iraq are the latest in a series of contentious US interventions. Forced to choose between leaving other countries alone or trying to run the world—Americans choose both, says author and journalist Stephen Kinzer. On this week's Deep Dish, Kinzer and career diplomat Cécile Shea discuss intervention done well, done poorly, and how the intervention debate has endured since the Spanish-American war. Subscribe now. 

Don’t Blame Trade: Low-Skilled Job Losses Will Not Be Solved by Protectionism

The clarion call of the disaffected, low-skilled worker became the soundtrack of the 2016 election. Indeed, President Trump claimed the presidency in no small part by promising to reverse the effects of globalization, railing incessantly against the US’s “horrible” trade deals. It does beg the question, though: Why didn’t anyone consider helping those alienated before? In fact, they did.

This Week’s Reads – Why Process Matters

The resignation of Michael Flynn as national security advisor "reveals an important truth, which all Presidents learn sooner or later, namely that when it comes to policy, process matters," says Council President Ivo Daalder. This Weeks Reads take a look at the major security issues facing the United States and provide some insights into the Trump administration’s approach to managing them.

External Commentary

Republicans Used to Fear Russians. Here’s What They Think Now.

A Food-Secure Future: Innovation in the Face of Evolving Threats

The latest post in our Food-Secure Future series dives in to the importance of innovation in the face of threats to the food system. 

Guest Commentary – Dear Warren: Nutrition Works

Shawn Baker, of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on the Gates' Annual Letter and global progress in reducing child malnutrition.  

Global Health & Global Agriculture: Emerging Diseases and Agriculture’s Expanding Footprint

In the latest in the Science, Food, and Equity series, Marcus Glassman discusses the linkages between global agriculture and emerging diseases. 

Big Ideas and Emerging Innovations

Highlighting approaches, technologies, and ideas that have the potential to radically advance global food security. 

Guest Commentary – Food Security and National Security: The Perspective of a Farmer Who Served

As part of our Food-Secure Future series, Ricky Dollison of the Farm Journal Foundation discusses the national security implications of hunger and poverty.