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

Examples around the world make clear that density—whether low or high—is no excuse when it comes to the appalling number of COVID-19 cases facing the United States.

Amid growing anxiety among experts and health officials, how do publics in countries around the world perceive the threat of the coronavirus?

By investing in infrastructure, the United States can prepare communities to participate in a changing economy, increase access to opportunity, and address challenges highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

To ensure the sustainability of the global food and agriculture system, farmers must embrace diversification.

Nirmal Ghosh, Gideon Rachman, and Nahal Toosi join Council President Ivo Daalder to review the news of the week.

USAID's Jim Barnhart joins Deep Dish to explain why there’s still hope for eradicating hunger within this generation.

As organizations fight for funding and countries vie for international clout, the “soft power” move behind branded aid is beginning to show.

Balancing power or increasing risk? Deep Dish explores what a multilateral defense pact for Asia might mean.

Like many policy challenges, the COVID-19 crisis is exposing deep-seated political and epistemological divisions, fueled in part contestation over scientific evidence and ideological tribalism stoked in online communities.