15 January 2025
Food Security as Supply Security: Geopolitical Implications for ASEAN
Global food supply chains have been disrupted in recent years by the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical threats such as the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war, the 2023 Hamas-Israel conflict, and the escalating US-China trade war.
Regional platforms like ASEAN speak to some of the strategies applied to attain supply chain security amidst such disruptions. More than just friendshoring, in fact, ASEAN’s Member States have a common interest in building a food-secure region as part of ASEAN’s envisioned economic and sociocultural communities, feeding into regional sociopolitical stability.
Read the full RSIS Annual Review 2024 here
Global food supply chains have been disrupted in recent years by the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical threats such as the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war, the 2023 Hamas-Israel conflict, and the escalating US-China trade war.
Regional platforms like ASEAN speak to some of the strategies applied to attain supply chain security amidst such disruptions. More than just friendshoring, in fact, ASEAN’s Member States have a common interest in building a food-secure region as part of ASEAN’s envisioned economic and sociocultural communities, feeding into regional sociopolitical stability.
Read the full RSIS Annual Review 2024 here
