MESOP SPECIAL – EXPERT COMMENTARY : THE FAMINE WEAPON – MESOP TODAYS INSIGHT 6 Sept 2017
Starvation Serves as a Weapon for Dictators and Terrorists | Levi Maxey, The Cipher Brief
Militant groups recruit the hungry with promises of the next meal, and states such as North Korea and Syria control food as a mechanism of internal power and psychological warfare. The multi-dimensional problem of feeding the world’s hungry is only expected to get worse as climates change, populations grow, and the rural migrate to booming megacities.
Hot and Hungry Cities: The Future of Urban Food Wars | Johanna Mendelson Forman, Distinguished Fellow, Managing Across Boundaries, Stimson Center
Failure to address these challenges in the short run will create conditions that are ripe for more conflicts and more climate migrants. We could be looking at new era of urban food wars if we do not address the issues of how to feed 9 billion people by mid-century.
Big Data and Drone Tech Can Help Fight Famine | Scott Aughenbaugh, Research Fellow, Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University
Using innovative technologies to combat food insecurity is a cost-effective and efficient strategy to reduce political instability abroad and make us safer at home.
- https://www.thecipherbrief.com/article/tech/starvation-serves-weapon-dictators-terrorists?utm_source=Join+the+Community+Subscribers&utm_campaign=ca9c169f1f-TCB+September+6+2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_02cbee778d-ca9c169f1f-122492169
- https://www.thecipherbrief.com/article/tech/hot-hungry-cities-future-urban-food-wars?utm_source=Join+the+Community+Subscribers&utm_campaign=ca9c169f1f-TCB+September+6+2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_02cbee778d-ca9c169f1f-122492169
- https://www.thecipherbrief.com/article/tech/big-data-drone-tech-can-help-fight-famine?utm_source=Join+the+Community+Subscribers&utm_campaign=ca9c169f1f-TCB+September+6+2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_02cbee778d-ca9c169f1f-122492169