Geopolitical Fragility of Global Food Systems: A Mixed-Methods Analysis Supply Chain Vulnerability

Geopolitical Fragility of Global Food Systems examines how geopolitical conflicts, trade dependencies, climate disruptions, and economic instability increasingly threaten global food security. The book analyzes the structural vulnerability of modern food systems through an interdisciplinary framework integrating geopolitics, network theory, econometric modeling, and strategic risk assessment. It explores how chokepoints, supply-chain concentration, energy volatility, and transboundary conflicts amplify cascading failures across global agricultural and trade networks. The book further introduces analytical tools for measuring food-system fragility and evaluates the role of AI-driven forecasting, resilience governance, and adaptive policy strategies in mitigating systemic risk. By combining empirical analysis with strategic policy perspectives, the book provides a comprehensive assessment of emerging threats to global food stability in an era of intensifying geopolitical uncertainty.