Dr Simone Bunse (Germany) is a Senior Researcher in the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Food, Peace and Security Programme.
The UK’s seemingly endless supply of fresh fruit and vegetables may be heading for a difficult test. A powerful El Niño climate pattern developing in the tropical Pacific is threatening to disrupt
The United States has spent years confronting Russian influence operations, disinformation and covert activity directed primarily at Europe. Now, according to newly unsealed charges by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), an alleged Russian intelligence network attempted to recruit people
Iran and the United States are both under significant economic pressure and have expressed a willingness to de-escalate. Yet neither side has shown signs
Last year, in 2025, 354 civilians were killed in terrorist attacks across Pakistan, while overall terrorist violence rose by about a third. In Balochistan
The threat of acute food insecurity is once again growing after years of progress in bringing levels down. An estimated 258 million people experienced dangerous levels of food insecurity in 2022—more than double the
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