smallwarsjournal.com/2026/10/14/the-perfect-storm-el-nino-food-insecurity-and-the-risk-of-political-instability The Perfect Storm: El Niño, Food Insecurity, and the Risk of Political Instability: Getting Left of the Crisis Through Food-Security Early Warning
In Niger, some civilians told U.S. Civil Affairs troops they'd join armed groups just to feed their families. With a severe El Niño locked in through February 2027 and WFP tracking 45 already food-insecure countries, the piece argues hunger data deserves treatment as a security early-warning system, not an afterthought.
— via Small Wars Journal, Nicholas Cassell
