Il cibo come strumento di pressione geopolitica: il caso russo-ucraino

The article aims at questioning if food can be used as a geopolitical tool, specifically with regard to those policies implemented by the Russian government against Ukraine. The authors intend to show the existence in the Russian geopolitical tradition of a persistent factor, that is using food to p...

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Main Authors: Alfonso Giordano, Flavia Lucenti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2018-11-01
Series:Bollettino della Società Geografica Italiana
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Online Access:https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/bsgi/article/view/98
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description The article aims at questioning if food can be used as a geopolitical tool, specifically with regard to those policies implemented by the Russian government against Ukraine. The authors intend to show the existence in the Russian geopolitical tradition of a persistent factor, that is using food to pursuit national interests, as revealed during the study of the Soviet Union’s and the Russian Federation’s political history. Furthermore, the analysis enlightens how other international actors occur and influence the production, consumption and protection of the right to food, resulting in severe consequences on the international food supply governance. To this end, the ultimate goal of the authors is to shed a light on food security and how it represents a violated right internationally, due to the adoption of restrictive economic policies, which limit the access to the feeding of involved populations. Thus, despite the existence of international agencies and organizations whose mission is population food security, this is still difficult to achieve, especially in the poorest regions of the world.
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spelling doaj.art-6534608527694c8a8f42e497abf146642022-12-22T03:27:09ZengFirenze University PressBollettino della Società Geografica Italiana1121-78202018-11-011110.13128/bsgi.v1i1.98Il cibo come strumento di pressione geopolitica: il caso russo-ucrainoAlfonso Giordano0Flavia Lucenti1Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano, Telematica-Roma, ItaliaUniversità degli Studi di Roma 3, ItaliaThe article aims at questioning if food can be used as a geopolitical tool, specifically with regard to those policies implemented by the Russian government against Ukraine. The authors intend to show the existence in the Russian geopolitical tradition of a persistent factor, that is using food to pursuit national interests, as revealed during the study of the Soviet Union’s and the Russian Federation’s political history. Furthermore, the analysis enlightens how other international actors occur and influence the production, consumption and protection of the right to food, resulting in severe consequences on the international food supply governance. To this end, the ultimate goal of the authors is to shed a light on food security and how it represents a violated right internationally, due to the adoption of restrictive economic policies, which limit the access to the feeding of involved populations. Thus, despite the existence of international agencies and organizations whose mission is population food security, this is still difficult to achieve, especially in the poorest regions of the world.https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/bsgi/article/view/98food geopoliticsfood security studiesRussian FederationUkraineright to food
spellingShingle Alfonso Giordano
Flavia Lucenti
Il cibo come strumento di pressione geopolitica: il caso russo-ucraino
Bollettino della Società Geografica Italiana
food geopolitics
food security studies
Russian Federation
Ukraine
right to food
title Il cibo come strumento di pressione geopolitica: il caso russo-ucraino
title_full Il cibo come strumento di pressione geopolitica: il caso russo-ucraino
title_fullStr Il cibo come strumento di pressione geopolitica: il caso russo-ucraino
title_full_unstemmed Il cibo come strumento di pressione geopolitica: il caso russo-ucraino
title_short Il cibo come strumento di pressione geopolitica: il caso russo-ucraino
title_sort il cibo come strumento di pressione geopolitica il caso russo ucraino
topic food geopolitics
food security studies
Russian Federation
Ukraine
right to food
url https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/bsgi/article/view/98
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