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Formerly known as: Foreign Policy Discussion Group The Global Affairs Forum brings together scholars, policymakers, and experienced professionals to explore important issues shaping the world today. Each session features a guest speaker who offers insight into a critical global topic, explaining what is at stake, why it matters, and the choices facing policymakers and the public. Q&A to follow. --------------------------------------------------------------- Topic "Food and Water Insecurity and the Increase in Global Conflicts" Speaker Wes Peterson is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has a PdD in Agricultural Economics from Michigan State University and a Masters in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He has also taught as a visiting faculty member in France and at the University of Delaware and Texas A&M University. In addition to numerous articles and many presentations, Professor Peterson has published two books: - A Billion Dollars a Day: The Economics and Politics of Agricultural Subsidies, Wiley-Blackwell - The Political Economy of Agricultural and Natural Resources and Environmental Policy Analysis, Iowa State University Press Suggested Reading: Violent Conflict Drives World Hunger and Food Insecurity https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/agecon_cornhusker/1249/ Register for the Zoom link