Project on Water Security
Improving coherence between U.S. global food security and U.S. global water security policy and programming.
With data-driven research and analysis, the CSIS Project on Water Security will present comprehensive policy solutions to the challenges water insecurity poses to U.S. geopolitical and economic interests, with a special focus on the relationship between global food security and global water security. The CSIS Project on Water Security is supported with the generosity of CSIS Trustee Henrietta Fore and builds upon years of world-class research from CSIS’s Global Food Security Program.
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CSIS Launches Project on Water Security
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) today announced the CSIS Project on Water Security, a major new effort designed to advance greater understanding of the critical role of water to U.S. national security.
Press Release — July 27, 2023

Experts React: What Else Is Needed to Address Global Water Insecurity?
Commentary by Caitlin Welsh Franck Gbaguidi Tanvi Nagpal Rod Schoonover and Sera Young — July 26, 2023

Water Stress in the U.S. with NYT's Chris Flavelle and CSIS's Caitlin Welsh
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Caitlin Welsh — July 26, 2023

Water and Food: How, When, and Why Water Imperils Global Food Security
Critical Questions by David Michel — October 16, 2023
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Water and Food: How, When, and Why Water Imperils Global Food Security
Critical Questions by David Michel — October 16, 2023
Water Stress in the U.S. with NYT's Chris Flavelle and CSIS's Caitlin Welsh
Transcript — August 4, 2023
“What Else Is Needed to Address Global Water Insecurity?”: Audio Brief with Caitlin Welsh
Podcast Episode by Caitlin Welsh — July 27, 2023

Experts React: What Else Is Needed to Address Global Water Insecurity?
Commentary by Caitlin Welsh Franck Gbaguidi Tanvi Nagpal Rod Schoonover and Sera Young — July 26, 2023
Water Stress in the U.S. with NYT's Chris Flavelle and CSIS's Caitlin Welsh
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Caitlin Welsh — July 26, 2023

The Human Experience of Water Security and What It Means for Food Security
Commentary by Sera L. Young — September 30, 2020
Agriculture’s Achilles’ Heel: Water Insecurity Is the Greatest Threat to Sustaining Global Food Production
Commentary by Peter McCornick and Aaron Salzberg — September 30, 2020
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Commentary by Christian Man and Carolyn Hirshon — February 14, 2020
Watershed Investments for Food Security and Climate Change Adaptation: 2020 Budget Insights from Malawi
Commentary by Reid Hamel — November 13, 2019
Drought-Ravaged Malawi Faces Largest Humanitarian Emergency in its History
Commentary by Reid Hamel — August 2, 2016