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Considerations on Economic Sanctions

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Human Rights Commission, US Congress
Bruce Jentleson

Bruce Jentleson joins the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a hearing on the collateral effects of economic sanctions programs.

Bruce Jentleson speaking over a video interview. Global Economy

Designing Urban Resilience to Confront a Risky World

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Urbanet
Robert Muggah

Robert Muggah argues that city institutions and infrastructure having the ability to anticipate, respond to, and learn from shocks and stresses is essential.

The flower dome at Garden by the Bay in Singapore on September 11, 2022.
Reuters
Climate and the Environment

The Coming War of Economic Attrition between Russia and the West

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UN Dispatch
Bruce Jentleson

Bruce Jentleson joins the Global Dispatches Podcast to discuss what have the sanctions against Russia have accomplished, and what they could possibly lead to.

U.S. President Joe Biden announces new actions against Russia for its war on Ukraine on March 11, 2022.
Reuters
Global Economy

Hope Is Part of the Food Security Solution

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Global Food for Thought by Scott MacMillan

Scott MacMillan recalls 2015 World Food Prize winner Fazle Hasan Abed's legacy and its impact on food security.

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed is sitting in a classroom in front of a black board, smiling and looking to the right as he holds a brown cane.
BRAC
Food and Agriculture

Why Local Leaders Need to Support Microbusinesses

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Brookings
John Austin

Microbusinesses boomed during the pandemic. Now, John Austin makes the case for why local leaders need to support them.

A man and a woman looking and pointing at a computer. Global Economy

2022 Task Force Report Webinar

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Vimeo
Coauthors

The Task Force on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health presents their 2022 Report.

A person harvests rhubarb from a garden.
Jonathan Kemper
Food and Agriculture

Black Farmers' Voices: How the Past Influences Food Insecurity Today

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Global Food for Thought by Roger Thurow

Discrimination, diminishing number of Black farmers leads to persistence of food insecurity in America.

George Hall bends down to tend to his turnips in Greene County, Alabama.
Anne Thurow
Food and Agriculture

Putin Upsets UNGA, Rise of the Euroright, and Iran Protests

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

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

Reuters
Global Politics

Student Voices Call for Culturally Appropriate Food in Schools

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Agri-Pulse Communications
Roger Thurow

Food available in federal assistance programs is not acceptable to various communities with specific religious, cultural, or physical requirements.

An empty college cafeteria is pictured.
Cataya
Food and Agriculture

Incorporating Dietary Needs and Cultural Requirements into Food Assistance Programs

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Global Food for Thought by Natalie Burdsall

Fundamental issues in food assistance programs exclude the disability community and people requiring culturally relevant foods.

A group of people prepares food for a food assistance program. Food and Agriculture