Good to the Last Drop

By Thomas L. Crisman and Zachary S. Winters / Spring 2023

Why nature-based solutions and adaptive management may hold the key to water conservation in the MENA region

Working Towards Sustainable Peace and Development Through Cooperation: An Interview with Ahmed Abdel-Latif

By Omar Auf /

The Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding is a unique Egyptian organization with a mandate for peace through capacity building, convening and research. Director-General Ahmed Abdel-Latif leads the center through its many activities, including serving as the Aswan Forum’s Secretariat.

Prepping for COP27

By David Dumke and Thomas L. Crisman and Zachary S. Winters / Winter 2022

Egypt is a microcosm for the impacts of climate change being felt across the MENA region, with water loss at the very top. It should likewise be high on the agenda when Cairo hosts this year’s UN climate summit

Young People Are Leading Climate Activism in the Middle East

By Neeshad Shafi / Fall 2021

Across the Arab World and the Middle East, young people are mobilizing to raise climate change awareness.

A Climate Crisis in Africa: The Case of South Sudan

By Nhial Tiitmamer / Fall 2021

The African continent will be the most severely affected by climate change. Within Africa, the least developed and politically unstable nations like South Sudan are likely to be the hardest hit. What can be done, and who should be at the forefront of these changes?

In Malawi, the battle to save mangoes

By Charles Mkoka / Summer 2021

Malawi, like other African fruit producers, is drawing on local and global resources to combat a pest which threatens vital fruit exports.

A New Water Paradigm for Sub-Saharan Africa

By Djiby Thiam / Fall 2021 Summer 2021

To make clean water and sanitation truly accessible to local communities across the continent, African institutions must take the lead in understanding the specific challenges and opportunities they face.

Shaping Africa’s New Normal

By Amina Abdel-Halim / April 28, 2021

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, African nations are working through the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development to set the continent back on track with its developmental Agenda 2063.

Africa and the United States: Reengaging with Africa’s Prosperity in Mind

By Carl Manlan / Winter 2021

With China as a dominant foreign power in Africa, the only option left for United States to engage with the continent is to follow its priorities: namely, prioritizing African youth.

Enhancing Mediterranean Integration

By Blanca Moreno-Dodson / Summer 2020

Trade liberalization, human capital development, and sectoral reforms can bring Mediterranean countries closer together.

Addressing the Global Health Crisis of Stunting in Times of COVID-19

By Carl Manlan and Javaid Iqbal and Junaid Nabi /

Stunting can be prevented by using technology to improve agriculture and strong governmental support.

Society 5.0 and the Future Economies

By Hesham Dinana / Spring 2020

We’re better-connected today than ever before—but has modern innovation created a new society altogether?

Urban-Rural Disconnect: COVID-19 and Sustainability

By David Dumke and Thomas L. Crisman and Zachary S. Winters /

The Urban-Rural Disconnect and how COVID-19 is influencing the Nexus of water, energy and food.

The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in COVID-19

By Thomas L. Crisman and Zachary S. Winters /

The nexus between water, energy, and food today is fragile—made all the more so by climate change, catastrophic weather events, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Message From The Editors

By The Editors /

Our response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Toward Arab Food Security

By M. Anis Salem and Natasha Banks / Winter 2020

A roadmap for a sustainable future without wasteful subsidies and mismanagement

Edge of Survival

By Peter J. Jacques / Winter 2020

The interaction of food, energy, and water in North Africa is complex and building into a cascade of trouble. It is time to listen to the rural communities facing it on the frontline

Myths about Food Security and Water

By Eckart Woertz / Winter 2020

Will water be the cause of the next war in the Middle East? Is water important for regional food security? Can economic diversification really work? Time to bust the myths around questions of food and water security in the region

Averting a Total Collapse

By Thomas L. Crisman / Winter 2020

How is the water-energy-food nexus impacting ecological, social, and political systems in the Middle East and North Africa?

Seeds of Gulf-Africa Agribusiness

By Sarah Townsend / Winter 2020

When Gulf nations face food, security, and water scarcity issues, one response is to seek lucrative agricultural investments in fertile African lands. Yet, while such deals can bring benefits to the countries involved, there are also sizeable risks

The Cost of Clean Water

By Zander Pellegrino / Fall 2019

How one village was hit by the demands of sustainable development.

Heat is on for Brazil’s Bolsonaro

By Patricia Barbeyron / October 15, 2019

Bolsonaro has shifted focus from an economic reforms agenda, which the country sorely needs amid recession fears, to a cultural one, which pleases his supporters.

Syria and Regional Food Security

By Hadi Fathallah / March 16, 2019

Syria and its neighbors all have a vested interest in resuming agricultural trade to increase food security across the region.

The Artist of French Cooking

By Scott MacLeod / Summer 2015

Alain Passard is considered the best French chef in the world. He muses on his kitchen adventures, the splendor of vegetables, and the impact of globalization on cuisine à la française.

How to Feed Egypt

By Perrihan Al-Riffai / Summer 2015

A country with a bulging population faces crippling food security challenges. A high-level government commitment must address the availability of and access to food.

The Obesity Crisis

By James Manyika and Richard Dobbs / Summer 2015

If trends persist, nearly half of the world’s adult population will be overweight or obese by 2030. A comprehensive intervention strategy is required to fight a scourge as damaging to the global economy as war.

Dining with Darius

By Rachel Laudan / Summer 2015

The tale of the Persian empire is one of vast farms, game reserves, and fisheries, elaborate kitchens staffed by thousands, and power. Centuries later, nations are still engaging in culinary politics.

The Marvel of Bánh Mi

By Andrew Lam / Summer 2015

In the colonial era the Vietnamese appropriated French baguette and added local ingredients to concoct a sandwich that is now a hit with the patrons of restaurants and food trucks from Singapore to San Francisco.