Analysis

Conflicts will continue to drive food insecurity—unless we intervene.

A quiet revolution is happening on small farms in Africa and Asia as farmers access better information via AI-powered apps.

Trade helps governments manage food prices in the near term, while growth in agricultural productivity ensures food is plentiful and affordable in the future.

Oil-related prices are high, but poised to go even higher.

Prospects for positive breakthroughs and stabilization of the US-China relationship will remain limited as long as the two sides are focused more on maneuvering for advantage than on working to define the concept.

Summits, like this week’s between Trump and Xi, are never cost-free.

The two leaders left the US-China summit without any agreement on technology competition, trade, or Taiwan.

Julianne Smith, Deborah Rosenblum, and Ariane Tabatabai discuss how the US-Denmark-Greenland agreement will impact US force posture, intra-NATO tensions, and Trump’s push to acquire Greenland.

Without buy-in from Washington and Beijing, proposals aimed at reining in artificial intelligence are unlikely to move the needle.

Though internally divided, the grouping normalizes an international landscape where the United States is not at the table.