Can Science Prevent The Great Global Food Crisis? -- Michael Hanlon, The Telegraph
Previous agricultural revolutions have saved us from starvation – and we need another one now, says Michael Hanlon.
The storm is coming. One of the great dependables of modern life – cheap food – may be about to disappear. If a growing number of economists and scientists are to be believed, we are witnessing a historic transition: from an era when the basics of life have been getting ever more affordable, to a new period when they are ever more expensive.
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COMMENTARIES, OPINIONS, AND EDITORIALS
As Egypt’s Islamists Cement Their Rule, Can Secularists Reclaim the Revolution? -- Ashraf Khalil, Time
Suicide attack on US car in Pakistan shows resistance to offensive -- Taha Siddiqui, Christian Science Monitor
When It Pays to Talk to Terrorists -- Paul Thomas Chamberlin, New York Times
Asian Nationalism at Sea -- Joseph S. Nye, Project Syndicate
The World’s Gaze Turns to the South Pacific -- Luke Hunt, The Diplomat
China’s model of one-party rule and open trade attracts African states -- Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun
Corruptistan: Meet the oil barons, fashion divas, and ruling families of Central Asia. -- Katherin Machalek, Foreign Policy
Russia turns its gaze eastward with APEC economic summit -- Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor
Kremlin Fanning Ethnic And Religious Tensions -- Nikolai Petrov, Moscow Times
Understanding Obama’s and Romney’s foreign policy differences -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
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