Conflict and Humanitarian Crises

CSIS analyzes the successes and challenges of humanitarian crisis response in regions facing violence, climate disaster, or other human security issues around the world.

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The Russia-Ukraine War and Global Food Security: Impacts Four Years Later

Russia’s war in Ukraine caused immediate and widespread disruptions to Ukraine’s agriculture sector and global food markets. Today, new patterns are emerging, affecting Ukraine’s agricultural recovery and Russia’s ability to use its food exports for political benefit.

Critical Questions by Caitlin Welsh, Emma Curtis, Joseph Glauber, Antonina Broyaka, and Vitalii Dankevych — February 24, 2026

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Noam Unger

Vice President, Global Development Department, Director, Sustainable Development and Resilience Initiative and Senior Fellow, Project on Prosperity and Development
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Hadeil Ali

Chief of Staff, Global Development Department and Director, Diversity and Leadership in International Affairs Program
Jon Alterman

Jon B. Alterman

Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy
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Caitlin Welsh

Director, Global Food and Water Security Program
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Will Todman

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Driving Impact Live: From Peace Corps Volunteer to Director

CSIS welcomed Carol Spahn, Director of the Peace Corps, to discuss her journey from volunteering in Romania after the end of the Cold War to becoming the 21st Peace Corps Director and a renowned leader in the international development field.

Transcript — September 24, 2024

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Conflict, Hunger, and Famine in Sudan

An audio version of “Conflict, Hunger, and Famine in Sudan,” a new Critical Questions by CSIS’s Zane Swanson, Anita Kirschenbaum, and Caitlin Welsh. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs. 

Podcast Episode by Zane Swanson, Anita Kirschenbaum, and Caitlin Welsh — September 16, 2024

Audio Briefs

Conflict, Hunger, and Famine in Sudan

Less than two years after the outbreak of civil war, famine conditions are confirmed in Sudan. With ceasefire talks faltering and a near-complete lack of humanitarian access, conditions continue to deteriorate for 26 million Sudanese facing acute food insecurity.

Critical Questions by Zane Swanson, Anita Kirschenbaum, and Caitlin Welsh — September 11, 2024

Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde

Shaping Tomorrow: USAID’s Digital Future with Chris Burns

In this episode of Building the Future, Romina Bandura is joined by Chris Burns, Chief Digital Development Officer for USAID and the Director of the Technology Division within the Innovation, Technology, and Research Hub, to discuss USAID’s work on digital development and dive deeper into USAID’s 10-year Digital Strategy that was first launched in 2020.

Podcast Episode by Romina Bandura — September 9, 2024

CSIS Building the Future

Dahlia Scheindlin on Israeli Opinion—Gaza: The Human Toll

Dahlia Scheindlin, political analyst and columnist for Haaretz and author of The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel joined CSIS’s J. Stephen Morrison to discuss the Israeli opinion environment on the health and humanitarian crises in Gaza.

Transcript — August 29, 2024

Babel: Translating the Middle East

Michelle Nunn: The Challenges of Gaza's Humanitarian Crisis

This week on Babel, Jon Alterman speaks with Michelle Nunn, the president and CEO of CARE. Michelle leads more than 8,000 people working around the world in crisis response, health and education access, gender equality, and climate change. Together, they discuss the unique challenges of Gaza's humanitarian crisis by contextualizing it among other global crises. Then, Jon continues the conversation with Natasha Hall and Leah Hickert to discuss how global attention on Gaza has affected the conflict and the humanitarian response, and whether sustained humanitarian engagement will translate into the “day after.”

Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman, Natasha Hall, and Leah Hickert — August 20, 2024

CSIS Babel

Gaza's Looming Polio Threat—Gaza: The Human Toll

CSIS welcomed Jean Gough, Special Representative for UNICEF in the State of Palestine; Hamid Jafari, WHO Director of Polio Eradication; and Richard (Rik) Peeperkorn, WHO Representative for Occupied Palestinian Territory, to discuss the threat of polio in Gaza.

Transcript — August 20, 2024