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Growing Pains: Transforming Global Food and Agriculture

Podcast
Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

How do we nourish the population, while protecting the planet from the very act of nourishing us?

A farmer thrashes wheat crop after harvest early morning.
AP Photos/Channi Anand
Food and Agriculture

Turkey and the Power of Controlling the Narrative

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

"Let Turkey’s election be a reminder that a free vote means little in the face of a false narrative," Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

Youngsters stand next to giant election billboard of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
AP Photos
Global Politics

Summit in Seoul, Victory Day, Syria Joins Arab League

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Nirmal Ghosh, Stefan Kornelius, and Philip Stephens join guest host Carla Anne Robbins to discuss the week's top news stories.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
AP Photos
Global Politics

Erdogan Lashes out at Rival as Voters Prepare to Go to the Polls

In the News
NPR's Morning Edition
Sibel Oktay

Erdogan's standing is in large part due to the government's controlling of the media and silencing opposition, argues Sibel Oktay.

Erdogan pointing to the right holding a microphone
AP Photos
Global Politics

Turkish Election Could Spell End to Erdogan Era

In the News
Responsible Statecraft
Sibel Oktay

“Undoing Erdogan’s rule is nothing short of a Herculean task. But it is not impossible,” writes Sibel Oktay. “Springtime might just be upon Turkey.”

Kemal Kilicdaroglu speaks at a campaign rally in Tekirdag, shown from behind in front of a crowd with many red flags.
AP Photos
Global Politics

Biden Meets Marcos, Turkish Elections, and Ukraine's Counteroffensive

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Bobby Ghosh, Nahal Toosi, and Prashant Rao join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. of the Philippines visits Washington, DC
AP Photos
Global Politics

It's Time to Get the US Military out of the Middle East

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"The US military footprint in the Greater Middle East is undermining US strategic priorities elsewhere in the world," Paul Poast argues.

A US aircraft flies over Afghanistan
US Department of Defense
Defense and Security

Sudan Crisis and the Wagner Group's Influence in Africa

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Ryan Heath, Yvonne Murray, and Giles Whittell join guest host Deborah Amos to discuss the week's top news stories.

Wagner Group centre in St Petersburg
Reuters
Global Politics

Erdogan Suspends Election Campaigning

In the News
BBC World News
Sibel Oktay

"If there's one word that can be used to describe Erdogan, it's resilient," Nonresident Senior Fellow Sibel Oktay tells Yalda Hakim.

Screenshot of Sibel Oktay talking to Yalda Hakim on BBC World News. Global Politics

Erdogan, NATO, and Why Turkey's Presidential Election Matters

In the News
GZERO
Ivo H. Daalder

If Turkey votes Erdogan out, "we won't doubt anymore where its bona fides lie," Ivo Daalder tells Ian Bremmer.

Turkish President Erdogan in a plaid suit with hand on heart in front of a microphone.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy