Putin Declares War on the Starving

Putin Declares War on the Starving
Malian women sift wheat in a field near Segou, central Mali, on Jan. 22, 2013. In 2022, families across Africa are paying about 45 percent more for wheat flour due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Jerome Delay/AP Photo
Austin Bay
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Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has become a war on the world’s poor and starving.

Austin Bay
Austin Bay
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Austin Bay is a colonel (ret.) in the U.S. Army Reserve, author, syndicated columnist, and teacher of strategy and strategic theory at the University of Texas–Austin. His latest book is “Cocktails from Hell: Five Wars Shaping the 21st Century.”
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