Chase Sova

Senior Associate (Non-resident), Global Food and Water Security Program
Chase Sova

Chase Sova is senior director of Public Policy and Research at World Food Program USA (WFP USA). Previously, Chase worked with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). He has consulted with the World Bank, Johns Hopkins, and Tufts University. Interested in the intersection of food insecurity and conflict, humanitarian assistance, climate change, and sustainable agriculture, Chase has worked on food systems in 15 developing countries across Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. He has led several major research initiatives including WFP USA’s Winning the Peace: Hunger and Instability flagship report. Chase has served as an expert witness at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, his writing has been featured extensively in peer-reviewed journals, and he regularly lectures on food insecurity at Universities in Washington, D.C. He delivered a TEDx talk on “Winning the Long Game in the Fight to End Hunger” in 2018. Chase earned his Ph.D. from Oxford University.

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Starvation Crimes and International Law: A New Era

Indiscriminate bombing of civilian infrastructure. Denial of humanitarian assistance. Medieval sieges of populations centers. The world is facing a global food crisis—and the unlawful use of starvation as a weapon of modern warfare is making it worse. 

Report by Chase Sova — December 4, 2024

Dangerously Hungry: The Link between Food Insecurity and Conflict

The WFP USA's Dangerously Hungry report explores the complex relationship between food insecurity and instability, confirming that conflict drives hunger, but also that hunger drives conflict. The report’s lead authors summarize its findings.

Commentary by Chase Sova and Eilish Zembilci — April 21, 2023

What Is behind the Recent Rise in Global Food Prices?

The world is on pace for record grain harvest this year. Yet global food prices are on the rise. What is driving up prices, why is today different than the 2007/8 food price crisis, and what are the implications for global stability?

Commentary by Chase Sova and Christian Man — August 3, 2021

Covid-19 and Global Food Security: One Year Later

Today, a grim milestone has been achieved—WFP announced that 272 million people face acute hunger today. One year into the pandemic, what can be done to reverse this trend?

Commentary by Chase Sova — March 15, 2021

Climate Change and Food Security: A Test of U.S. Leadership in a Fragile World

U.S. leadership on global climate commitments has been waning—and food security worldwide will suffer for it. This policy brief from the CSIS Global Food Security Project highlights opportunities for U.S. leadership to address these challenges.

Brief by Chase Sova, Kimberly Flowers, and Christian Man — October 15, 2019