Hunger, Politics and Security
A New and Unfamiliar Face of the World Peace Problem
Description:... Abstract: World hunger represents a challenge to global peace and this challenge is the emphasis of a pamphlet prepared for the Presidential Commission on World Hunger. Public concern for hungry people is vocal during international crises of war, famine or disaster; however, a greater and more widespread danger may be the chronic undernutrition caused by worldwide poverty of which the public is unaware. It is urged that focusing relations between the United States and developing nations toward a commitment to end hunger is in the long-term political and economic security interests of Americans. World hunger is seen as a symptom of an underlying economic disorder that is potentially explosive; its solution is an objective all nations could achieve in cooperation with each other, a process that would in itself increase world security. These issues must be addressed if international political relations are to improve. Action on world hunger should become an essential imperative of U.S. national security policy.
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