Kim Jong-il and the Normalization of Japan-North Korea Relations
March 20, 2012 | Despite the recent change in North Korea's leadership, it is important that talks resume between Pyongyang and Japan.
Articles by Matthew Allen
Sushi Reverses Course: Consuming American Sushi in Tokyo
February 4, 2011 | Sushi, not long ago a quintessentially Japanese product, has gone global.
Food Aid Emergency
August 7, 2008 | The food price crisis has made demand more acute and supplies even scarcer, but it hasn't really changed the underlying problems with food aid as a response to hunger.
WTO Agreement on Agriculture: Suitable Model for a Global Food System?
October 4, 2005 | The Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) is a product of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations (1986-94).
Farm Bill Outrage Goes Global
May 1, 2002 | The ink was hardly dry on the furious newspaper editorials inspired by the Bush administration's decision to protect the steel industry when along comes the Farm Bill to further stoke the fire.
WTO, Agricultural Deregulation and Food Security
December 1, 1999 | Nobody needs to go hungry—each person that does is the victim of conscious policy choices and policy failures.