Food aid and food exports are increasingly used as instruments of geopolitical power struggle. In the latest edition of DEVISSUES, Oane Visser, Stefan Voicu and Paul Bosman show how the war in Ukraine marks a turning point. The combination of conflict, climate change, speculation and weakening international institutions creates instability, price increases and shifting power relations worldwide.

At the same time, the crisis exposes the vulnerability of the dominant, neoliberal and export-oriented agricultural model. The article shows convincingly why countries need to rethink localisation, resilience and alternative ways to make their food supply less dependent on a turbulent global order.

Wondering how food became a geopolitical weapon? — Read it full article here in DEVISSUES