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

In this blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Jacqueline Hughes discusses the sustainability of food systems.

The U.S. has given more money to Israel than any other country since 1946.

Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia each lose about 11 percent of GDP annually. In our global economy, a stunted child anywhere becomes a stunted child everywhere.

The US strategy toward Africa today is neither effective nor sustainable. It’s time to flip the script.

Ivo Daalder and James Lindsay discuss their new book "The Empty Throne: America’s Abdication of Global Leadership"—a revealing look at Trump’s foreign policy.

Polling shows the Swedish public is keenly aware of the threat posed by Russia and favors a strong policy response to the invasion of Ukraine.

Deep Dish unpacks if Biden really centered human rights in US foreign policy.

This report looks at chronic violence and community resilience in the US and around the world and makes policy recommendations for addressing chronic violence in urban areas.

Agriculture has great potential for carbon offsets, but implementation will be complicated.