THE EUROPEAN UNION AND FOOD INSECURITY AS A LOOMING THREAT

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From climate change to ethnic conflicts, from pandemics to cyber terrorism,
humanity faces many non-traditional, multi-dimensional and complex security threats in the
21st century. Food security is one of these challenges that concerns the whole world and
requires global solutions. The European Union (EU), as one of the actors with the highest
level of welfare and providing the most humanitarian aid in the world, is not currently facing
a serious food crisis. However, the adverse effects of climate change and the challenges that
the Union has recently faced, such as the European debt crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic, and
the Russia-Ukraine war, have brought food security to the top of the EU agenda. This study
aims to research the issue of food insecurity in the European Union. The main argument of
the study is that food security is not currently an acute problem for the European Union,
but it is a looming threat. Although the EU has addressed food insecurity within the scope
of agricultural policy until recently, in today’s “overheated” world full of natural disasters,
economic crises, wars and conflicts, food security is now requiring a multidimensional
approach, including economic, energy, health, environmental and social policies.