Johanna Mendelson Forman Op-Ed on Gastro-Diplomacy
Two years ago, the world came close to ending the hamburger wars. Burger King, of Whopper fame, offered a truce to rival McDonalds’ Big Mac by suggesting that the fast food giants create a McWhopper to celebrate and raise funds for the International Day of Peace, September 21. A clever ad campaign showed a pop-up restaurant to […]
Stimson’s “Climate, Conflict, & Refugees” event cited in New Security Beat
“There’s a long list of crises that can have a natural resource base,” said Anne C. Richard, former assistant secretary of state for population, refugees, and migration, at a Stimson Center panel on June 13, 2017, on the impacts of climate change on human security and mobility. The panelists included Kelly McFarland of Georgetown’s Institute for the Study […]
4 takeaways from ‘Recurring Storms: Food Insecurity, Political Instability and Conflict’
By Jennifer Ehidiamen From threats of famine in Somalia caused by drought, to hunger in Syria caused by war, the development community is increasingly faced with the enormous challenge of addressing global food insecurity and political instability around the world, especially in fragile states. A new report, “Recurring Storms: Food Insecurity, Political Instability, and Conflict,” launched at Center for Strategic and […]
Making Food Security a National Security Priority
Editor’s note: This analysis is part of Presidential Inbox 2017 — an ongoing Stimson Center series examining the major global challenges and opportunities the Trump administration faces during its first 100 days in office. Click here to read the full series. By Johanna Mendelson Forman with Lovely Umayam THE CHALLENGE: In a time of highly […]
Johanna Mendelson Forman quoted in Quartz on the death of the creator of General Tso’s chicken
Peng Chang-kuei (彭長貴), who created General Tso’s Chicken, one of the US’s most famous mystery dishes, died in Taipei this week (Nov. 30) following a bout of pneumonia at the age of 98, according to Taiwanese media reports. -snip- “I think what’s interesting is that it helped contribute to US citizens thinking positively about the cuisines […]
Food Disrupters and the Future of Food
Watch the event video below or click here. The food industry is being revolutionized by entrepreneurs using food technology in innovative ways to address some of the most pressing threats to our modern society. Unprecedented integration of communities that traditionally stovepiped development, policy-making, scientific, and venture capitalists has led to an era of food disruption. […]
Foreign Policy in the Kitchen
We are witnessing a revolution in food. New technologies will change the way the world eats, expand access to food, and improve the quality of what is produced. But we are also living at a time when dramatic advances in the reduction of global poverty and hunger are being challenged by ongoing conflicts, climate change, […]
Brian Eyler quoted in Science Magazine on droughts in the Mekong
The worst drought ever recorded in Vietnam is stoking fears of a food security crisis. In a meeting with government officials next week, researchers with the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)’s Asia regional office in Hanoi will unveil maps showing how water scarcity and climate change may imperil key crops—rice, cassava, maize, coffee, and […]