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Flavors and Culture: Food Systems through Indigenous Women's Eyes

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Global Food for Thought by Myrna Cunningham

Productive practices of Indigenous women's groups have significant value in contributing to the conservation of biodiversity and the well-being of humanity, and therefore encourage exchange and dialogue.

A woman walks along a cliff with a sheep following behind her.
Monica Volpin
Food and Agriculture

Will CRISPR Crops Avoid the GMO Curse?

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Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

If CRISPR crops can avoid being regulated like GMOs, they can create significant opportunities for low- and middle-income countries, and help combat hunger and poverty.

Four scientists examine plants in a lab. Food and Agriculture

Germany's Coup Plot and the Threat to Democracy in an Age of Conspiracy

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Global Insight by Chris Morris

A plot to overthrow the German government highlights the risks—and reach—of unchecked conspiracy in an age of mistrust, writes Chris Morris.

Police in Germany raid a hunting lodge at Waidmannsheil as part of their investigation to a coup plot
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Global Politics

China Bends on Zero-COVID and Xi Goes to the Gulf

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Kim Ghattas, Bobby Ghosh, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

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Global Politics

US 'War Profiteering' in Ukraine Is a Red Herring

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

Such accusations ignore the harm the war is doing to the US economy and the potential political peril it has created for the Biden administration, Paul Poast writes.

A US service member prepares cargo in support of Ukraine
EyePress
US Foreign Policy

At US-Africa Leaders Summit, Russia and China Provide Subtext

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Global Insight by Justice Malala

The US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC, is the first meeting of its kind since 2014. Africa’s shift toward China and Russia will be a subtext of the meeting.

US Secretary of State Blinken meets Democratic Republic of Congo President Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde
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Global Politics

Qatar 2022 and the Risks and Rewards of Sportswashing

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Why do some governments use sports to launder their reputations – and does it work?

Qatar World Cup
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Global Politics

European Energy Crisis Shifts Germany's Power Priorities

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Running Numbers by Gabriela Ivanova

Russia’s war in Ukraine has sparked a domestic push toward alternative energy sources.

Steam erupts from a coking tower at the Thyssenkrupp steel Europe in Duisburg, Germany
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Public Opinion

Unpacking Xi Jinping's Visit to Saudi Arabia

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CNBC
Elizabeth Shackelford

"I imagine part of this is to demonstrate at home to his domestic audience that he's doing big things for the Chinese people," Elizabeth Shackelford says.

Elizabeth Shackelford speaks on CNBC Global Politics

Prosecuting the Crime of Aggression in Ukraine

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United States Institute of Peace
David Scheffer

The Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and the Ukrainian Embassy to the United States discuss the creation of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression.

Residential buildings in the town of Irpin, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, destroyed in the Russian invasion.
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Defense and Security