Geopolitics of Food Security

The Council on Foreign Relations, in cooperation with the Istanbul Policy Center at Sabanci University will host a on hour round table discussion on food weaponization and the implications for international policy. Food insecurity is no longer merely a humanitarian concern — it is a vector of geopolitical instability, a tool of statecraft, and an accelerating dimension of the global security crisis. Drought and flooding destroy crops; scarcity drives displacement; and in Gaza, Sudan, and Ukraine, hunger has been engineered as a weapon. The conversation is part of a series that repositions food security at the center of global security debates, bridges the longstanding divide between development and security communities, and generates rigorous policy-relevant analysis for governments, multilateral institutions, and the private sector.