Introducing the FoodDiplomacy Network
Guest blog by Stefanos Fotiou , he is an international development and sustainability strategist with three decades of experience at the intersection of economic policy, environmental sustainability, and global governance. Over twenty of those years were spent inside the UN system, where he served in senior and director-level roles across three agencies — UNEP, UNESCAP and FAO — working at the table where global sustainability policy is shaped, negotiated and brought to life. First published here. Food is no longer just about agriculture or trade. It is about power, sovereignty and global stability. Multiple crises have exposed how fragile and politically contested food systems have become — and how quickly disruptions in food, energy and supply chains can destabilise economies, governments and societies. Yet global governance still approaches food mainly as a technical issue. The deeper political questions — who controls food systems, who bears the risks, and who is left vulnerable —...