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Tracking Gaza’s Descent into Famine

On August 22, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) announced that famine is currently occurring in Gaza, marking the fifth such classification since the IPC was formed in 2004 and the first in the Middle East.

Analysis by Caitlin Welsh, Zane Swanson, and Joely Virzi — August 22, 2025

AI & Global Food Security: A Focus on Precision Agriculture

As the world needs to produce more food with fewer resources, AI-enabled precision agriculture offers a more sustainable future for food production. CSIS experts unpack the risks and promises of AI for farmers and the world. 

Critical Questions by Emma Dodd, Zane Swanson, and Caitlin Welsh — August 13, 2025

Experts React: Starvation in Gaza

CSIS experts react to Gaza’s descent into mass starvation, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, international and domestic pressure on Israel, and more.

Commentary by Mona Yacoubian, Will Todman, Jon B. Alterman, Caitlin Welsh, Zane Swanson, Michaela Simoneau, Sophia Hirshfield, Hadeil Ali, Andrew Friedman, J. Stephen Morrison, and Leonard Rubenstein — July 28, 2025

The Nature of Strength

As agriculture faces growing biological and environmental threats, crop biodiversity is vital to maintaining and building resilience. CSIS experts examine how agrobiodiversity, and the genebanks that safeguard it, are strategic assets ensuring a more secure future.

Digital Report by Zane Swanson and Caitlin Welsh — June 11, 2025

How Is Bird Flu Impacting Agriculture and Food Security in the United States?

The H5N1 subtype of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, has caused unprecedented damage to poultry and dairy farms in the United States. CSIS experts explore the impacts to U.S. agriculture and food security, and what should be done to address them.

Critical Questions by Caitlin Welsh and Zane Swanson — April 17, 2025

Seeding Security: Why Agrobiodiversity Loss Threatens National Security

Agriculture is increasingly strained by growing food demand, global conflict, and the loss of its most foundational resource, agrobiodiversity. CSIS experts examine why the loss of agrobiodiversity threatens not just food security, but global security writ large.

Critical Questions by Zane Swanson and Caitlin Welsh — January 21, 2025

Conflict, Hunger, and Famine in Sudan

Less than two years after the outbreak of civil war, famine conditions are confirmed in Sudan. With ceasefire talks faltering and a near-complete lack of humanitarian access, conditions continue to deteriorate for 26 million Sudanese facing acute food insecurity.

Critical Questions by Zane Swanson, Anita Kirschenbaum, and Caitlin Welsh — September 11, 2024

Gaza: The Impacts of Famine Will Last Generations

The consequences of famine and war are not resolved when the fighting stops. CSIS experts Zane Swanson and Caitlin Welsh discuss how Gazans will likely carry the physical, mental, and social impacts of hunger and conflict throughout their lives and across generations.

Critical Questions by Zane Swanson and Caitlin Welsh — June 20, 2024

Famine in Gaza

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is unprecedented this century. USAID administrator Power was the first senior U.S. official to state that famine is present in Gaza, but this does not amount to a formal declaration. Will leaders formally declare famine? Can it be halted?

Critical Questions by Caitlin Welsh, Anita Kirschenbaum, and Zane Swanson — April 11, 2024