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

With the death toll rising in Iran amid a crackdown on protests, US President Donald Trump is weighing a strike against the nation. Iran’s capacity to respond to such an action is far more limited than its leaders suggest.

Weiss' essay won Most Compelling in the Council's America at 250 High School Essay Competition.

The U.S. has official relationships with nearly every country in the Middle East. Israel, a close U.S. ally, has official ties with only five.

Senior Fellow Roger Thurow details the true costs of malnutrition today and tomorrow.

Businesses in the center of the value chain are crucial to the food system, and these intermediary links are under threat from the COVID-19 pandemic.

While many PFAS chemicals are unregulated worldwide, more countries are acting to limit them, since they have been found in soil, water, and even people’s bloodstreams.

US sanctions on Latin American countries have exacerbated the worsening economic and political conditions behind the current migrant surge.

The American public is increasingly skeptical of the US-China trade relationship, and narrow majorities support increased restrictions on both trade and technological exchanges.

Some of the most important innovations in the news media may be happening in Africa. What can we learn?