food security
Inaugural Royal Jordanian National Defense College and Eisenhower School Student-Faculty Exchange, Hosted by the NESA Center
On 8 February 2023, the NESA Center facilitated the first-ever combined seminar between students and faculty from the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy and the Royal Jordanian National Defense College (RJNDC), on the topic of Global Supply Chain Dynamics as...
NESA (SSN)-AFRICOM-IEMed Human Security Approach for 2030 Workshop
From 10–11 January 2024, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies/Strategic Studies Network (SSN), in partnership with U.S. Africa Command and the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), conducted the 10th annual workshop entitled “NESA (SSN)-AFRICOM-IEMed Human...
NESA-USAFRICOM “North Africa Senior Leaders Workshop”
The Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies, in partnership with U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM), conducted a “North Africa Senior Leaders Workshop” from 7–14 September 2022 in Washington, DC, ending the 2022 NESA-AFRICOM Workshop Series. The focus of the Workshop...

Alumni Publication: Food Insecurity: The Current Crisis by Charani Patabendige
On 23 January 2023, Modern Diplomacy published NESA Center alumna Charani Patabendige's article titled "Food Insecurity: The Current Crisis." Charani LCM Patabendige is a Research Assistant and an Acting Research Analyst at the Institute of National Security Studies (INSS), the premier...

Climate Change Threatens Turkey’s Role as a Food Supplier to Europe and the Middle East
On 18 July 2023, The Turkey Analyst published NESA Center regular speaker Professor Michaël Tanchum's article "Climate Change Threatens Turkey’s Role as a Food Supplier to Europe and the Middle East." "The persistence of high food inflation in Turkey belies a deeper problem. Turkish agrifood...

The Russia-Ukraine war forces Egypt to face the need to feed itself: Infrastructure, international partnerships, and agritech can provide the solutions
On 25 July 2023, the Middle East Institute published NESA Center regular speaker Professor Michaël Tanchum's article "The Russia-Ukraine war forces Egypt to face the need to feed itself: Infrastructure, international partnerships, and agritech can provide the solutions." Tanchum provides the...

Alumni Publication: "Reimagining Agriculture as a Culprit and Victim of Climate Change in the Global Village" by Lt Col Thokozani Chazema
On 28 December 2023, the NESA Center for Strategic Studies published NESA Center alum Lt Col Thokozani Chazema's article, "Reimagining Agriculture as a Culprit and Victim of Climate Change in the Global Village." ABSTRACT: Climate is an important factor in agricultural production....

Alumni Publication: "How can Asian fertiliser producers craft a win-win investment strategy for Africa?" by Michael Tanchum
On 22 April 2024, the Centre for African Studies at the Nanyang Technological University Singapore published NESA Center alum and regular speaker Professor Michael Tanchum's article, "How can Asian fertiliser producers craft a win-win investment strategy for Africa?" The article analyzes...