Food security has become a growing issue for Gulf Cooperation Council states grappling with supply chain disruptions and the accelerating effects of climate change. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has transformed this challenge into an urgent reality. Through this narrow waterway passes the energy that powers the global economy and the food that sustains the populations living along its shores. With GCC countries importing between 70 and 90 percent of their staple foods, the closure of the strait leaves the region’s food security at significant risk.

What began as a geopolitical crisis in the Middle East nearly 100 days ago is increasingly becoming a food security crisis elsewhere, with UN agencies warning of rising hunger in…

The Strait of Hormuz energy crisis poses a stress test for import-dependent, emerging economies in Asia, forcing difficult trade-offs.

The real clock on the Hormuz closure is agricultural — and by the time the food crisis is visible, the decisions that caused it will be six months old.

Food security has become a growing issue for Gulf Cooperation Council states grappling with supply chain disruptions and the accelerating effects of climate change. The closure of…

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