
Caitlin Welsh is the director of the Global Food and Water Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where she analyzes the drivers and consequences of food and water insecurity around the world, including for U.S. national security. Her specific areas of focus include the impacts of Russia’s war in Ukraine on global food security and nutrition, food insecurity in the U.S. military, and the coherence between U.S. global water security policy and U.S. global food security policy. Prior to joining CSIS, Ms. Welsh served for over 12 years in the U.S. government, including at the National Security Council and National Economic Council as director for global economic engagement with responsibility for the G7 and G20, and at the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Global Food Security, where she served as acting director. Ms. Welsh was a presidential management fellow at the U.S. African Development Foundation and a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco. She has testified before Congress on global food security on multiple occasions, and her analysis has been featured in the New York Times, CNN, NPR, PBS, the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Financial Times, Foreign Policy, BBC, Newsweek, and other outlets. Ms. Welsh received her BA from the University of Virginia and MPA from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and hails from Erie, Pennsylvania.
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Trump in Canada: Carney on ‘high-wire act’ to avoid G7 summit ending as a G6
Caitlin Welsh cited in Washington Examiner — June 16, 2025
Leaders seek to avoid disaster with Trump at G7, where Israel-Iran conflict will loom large
Caitlin Welsh cited in CNN — June 16, 2025
Leaders seek to avoid disaster with Trump at G7, where Israel-Iran conflict will loom large
Caitlin Welsh cited in CNN — June 16, 2025
G7 summit opens in Canada with a focus on trade, wars — and not riling Trump
Caitlin Welsh cited in AP — June 16, 2025
G7 summit opens in Canada with a focus on trade, wars — and not riling Trump
Caitlin Welsh cited in ABC News — June 16, 2025
Trump Returns to G-7 He Once Loathed as Iran Crisis Intensifies
Caitlin Welsh cited in Bloomberg — June 15, 2025
Trump wants to score trade deals in Canada. He’s unlikely to get them.
Caitlin Welsh cited in POLITICO — June 15, 2025
Feeding the hungry will be harder than ever for the world's largest food aid agency
Caitlin Welsh cited in NPR — May 6, 2025
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Decoding D.C.: Policy, Power, and People
How the Loss of Agricultural Biodiversity Threatens National Security
Event — June 11, 2025
The Nature of Strength
Digital Report by Zane Swanson and Caitlin Welsh — June 11, 2025
Press Briefing: Previewing the G7 Summit
Event — June 10, 2025
Ukrainian Agriculture at Risk as the European Union's Liberalized Trade Measures Expire
Analysis by Joseph Glauber, Caitlin Welsh, and Emma Dodd — June 10, 2025
Blueprint for an Agricultural Recovery Plan for Ukraine
Report by Antonina Broyaka, Vitalii Dankevych, Emma Dodd, and Caitlin Welsh — June 4, 2025

Is Food Security National Security?
Commentary by Caitlin Welsh — May 21, 2025
Ceasefire Talks: What’s at Stake for Ukraine’s Agriculture Sector and Global Food Security?
Critical Questions by Caitlin Welsh, Emma Dodd, and Joseph Glauber — May 6, 2025
Ceasefire Talks: What’s at Stake for Ukraine’s Agriculture Sector and Global Food Security?
Podcast Episode by Caitlin Welsh, Emma Dodd, and Joseph Glauber — May 6, 2025
