Rod Schoonover

Senior Associate (Non-resident), Global Food and Water Security Program
Rod Schoonover

Rod Schoonover is the head of the Ecological Security Program at the Council on Strategic Risks. He is also the founder and CEO of the Ecological Futures Group, which examines the natural security and societal dimensions of global ecological change. He previously served as director of environment and natural resources and director of global health at the National Intelligence Council in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and as senior scientist and senior analyst in the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Prior to joining government as an American Association for the Advancement of Science diplomacy fellow in 2009, he was a tenured professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and a visiting research professor in the Department of Microbiology at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California.

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Experts React: What Else Is Needed to Address Global Water Insecurity?

Water security is a multifaceted challenge, made more complicated by climate change and the demands of a growing and urbanizing global population. Here, CSIS experts react to the most urgent threats to water security and offer insight into what more can be done.

Commentary by Caitlin Welsh, Franck Gbaguidi, Tanvi Nagpal, Rod Schoonover , and Sera Young — July 26, 2023

Ocean Security Forum 2023

This year’s forum will focus on the theme of 'Natural Security' and the role that support for resilience, sustainability, and capacity building plays in fostering and building key US partnerships.

Event — January 18, 2023