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Undercurrents

Undercurrents is a regular podcast series featuring interviews with Chatham House experts - and others - about the critical underlying issues which are shaping modern society. Hosted by staff from across the institute, each episode goes in-depth on a topic, looking beyond the news to explore the issues shaping global politics.

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Apr 21, 2022

After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we have seen an exponential increase in food prices around the world. In this second episode of our mini-series War in Ukraine, we’re trying to understand how and why a war in one part of the world risks causing famines in distant parts of the globe, and what can happen when people go hungry.

Read Chatham House’s latest research paper on the war’s impact on food and energy supplies.

Clips used in this episode:

- DW News

- Al Jazeera

- France 24

Credits:

Host: Ned Sedgwick

Guests: Joe Glauber, Tim Benton, Mohamed Elkaramany

Producer: Anouk Millet from Earshot Strategies