101. FOOD INSECURITY AND UNREST: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Author:
- Thomas S. Benson, Ore Koren, and Benjamin E. Bagozzi
- Publication Date:
- 07-2022
- Content Type:
- Commentary and Analysis
- Institution:
- Political Violence @ A Glance
- Abstract:
- Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked fears that skyrocketing commodity prices—especially of wheat (Ukraine and Russia together account for about one-quarter of the world’s exports), oil, and gas—will cause a global wave of food protests. War, coupled with rapidly rising inflation—which has also been linked to bread riots—and more frequent climatic shocks suggest that concerns about food insecurity creating global unrest are timely and warrant further examination. At the same time, framing the complexities of sociopolitical environments as simple “kneejerk” reactions to rising food insecurity risks oversimplifying the situation and our ability to address it. Previous studies that identify a clear relationship between food prices and protests emphasize this risk.
- Topic:
- Food Security, Civil Unrest, and Russia-Ukraine War
- Political Geography:
- Kenya, Russia, Europe, Ukraine, Germany, and Papua New Guinea