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The Global Food and Water Security Program provides long-term, strategic guidance to policy makers on the economic, political, social, and climate-related causes of and responses to food insecurity around the world.

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The Nature of Strength

As agriculture faces growing biological and environmental threats, crop biodiversity is vital to maintaining and building resilience. CSIS experts examine how agrobiodiversity, and the genebanks that safeguard it, are strategic assets ensuring a more secure future.

Digital Report by Zane Swanson and Caitlin Welsh — June 11, 2025

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The Nature of Strength

As agriculture faces growing biological and environmental threats, crop biodiversity is vital to maintaining and building resilience. CSIS experts examine how agrobiodiversity, and the genebanks that safeguard it, are strategic assets ensuring a more secure future.

Digital Report by Zane Swanson and Caitlin Welsh — June 11, 2025

How the Loss of Agricultural Biodiversity Threatens National Security

The CSIS Global Food and Water Security Program examined examine the national and global security implications of agrobiodiversity loss and celebrated the launch of a new digital report, The Nature of Strength: Creating a More Secure Future with Agricultural Biodiversity.

Transcript — June 11, 2025

Blueprint for an Agricultural Recovery Plan for Ukraine

No formal plan for Ukraine’s agricultural recovery exists today. CSIS presents a blueprint for an agricultural recovery plan that positions Ukraine’s agriculture sector for an economically competitive future, with benefits for Ukraine’s economy and global food security. 

Report by Antonina Broyaka, Vitalii Dankevych, Emma Dodd, and Caitlin Welsh — June 4, 2025

Is Food Security National Security?

Advocates of U.S. food aid claim “food security is national security” without explaining possible links between food insecurity abroad and U.S. national security at home. Links may be indirect, but rationales for U.S. leadership on global food security remain strong.

Commentary by Caitlin Welsh — May 21, 2025

Can India Cut Off Pakistan’s Indus River Lifeline?

In retaliation for a deadly militant attack in Pahalgam, India has suspended the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, threatening to block Pakistan’s vital water supplies and risking regional stability in South Asia.

Critical Questions by David Michel — May 1, 2025