Caitlin Welsh, Director of CSIS' Global Food and Water Security Program, discusses Russia's strategic use of food as a weapon in Ukraine, impacting global food security and political relations. Topics include targeting Ukraine's agriculture, Russia's tactics to undermine exports, and Ukraine's resilience amidst conflict.

J. Stephen Morrison, a global health policy expert, and Caitlin Welsh, specializing in food security, dive into the fallout from Vice President Pence's contentious Munich Security Conference speech. They discuss the European backlash regarding the far-right party AfD and the implications for NATO and U.S.-European relations. Key topics include the urgent need for European unity in response to global challenges like food security and climate change, reflecting on the potential long-term impacts of U.S. leadership shifts and the geopolitical landscape.

CSIS’s Caitlin Welsh joins the podcast to discuss Moscow’s pullout of the Black Sea Grain Initiative and its implications for the war in Ukraine and for the world.