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Washington and Beijing see themselves locked in a zero-sum competition doubling as an existential ideological struggle, Paul Heer writes.

Existential threats like hunger and malnutrition, natural disasters, and agricultural pests impact international trade and economics, geopolitics, labor, and even migration across borders.

Catch the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development in our Global Food for Thought news brief.

In a shift from just a month ago, the Japanese public favors tough sanctions on Russia in concert with the US and Europe. 

With investment from governments, philanthropists, and the private sector, the world can halt the spread of pandemic-induced food insecurity.

The building of an election fraud narrative in South Korea's presidential election is already underway.

Survey data shows Sanders supporters are concerned about global overreach and that it comes at the expense of the economy and general quality of life.

Citizens and policymakers alike embrace industrial policy as great power competition intensifies.

The trade war between China and the United States that began last year has already caused problems for Illinois farmers, spirits distillers and businesses in other industries.

Our weekly roundup of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.