Caitlin Welsh

5 days ago | theguardian.com | Caitlin Welsh

Readers are sharing how they write their predictions into novels, colour-code their emotional responses and even gift annotated books to friends. Is it actually fun, or just a bit like homework?

2 weeks ago | features.csis.org | Zane Swanson |Caitlin Welsh

Just before the turn of the twenty-first century, a new strain of wheat stem rust emerged that posed an existential threat to global agriculture. Wheat accounts for nearly a fifth of the world’s calorie production, and a crop pandemic could have led to unprecedented levels of starvation. Stem rust didn’t just disappear—it was neutralized by deploying strategic crop breeding on an international scale.

3 weeks ago | csis.org | Antonina Broyaka |Vitalii Dankevych |Emma Dodd |Caitlin Welsh

Urgent measures are recommended for immediate implementation in the next year to restore the basic functioning of Ukraine’s agriculture sector and ensure Ukrainian food exports flow freely to global markets. Restore production, transportation, storage, and irrigation infrastructure, with considerations for EU standards, predicted climate change impacts, and the war’s effects on Ukraine’s agricultural trade flows.

1 month ago | csis.org | Caitlin Welsh

U.S. government investments in global food security have traditionally received strong bipartisan support from policymakers, either explicitly or implicitly, on moral, economic, and national security grounds. In its first 100 days, the Trump administration has paused or terminated most U.S. foreign assistance, weakened or dismantled U.S. aid agencies, and stated that any future foreign assistance must make America demonstrably stronger, safer, and more prosperous.

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Caitlin Welsh

You don’t have to be male and Caucasian to find Broden Kelly funny, but anecdotal evidence suggests it doesn’t hurt. As I arrive, an emcee booms grandly across the courtyard: “If you are here for Broden Kelly,just follow the trail of white boys.” During some crowd work early in the show, an audience member tells Kelly he’s “an investor”.