The 2022-2024 Russo-Ukrainian War and food security policy

The aim of the paper is to determine the impact of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war on food security policy. What are the main challenges and threats that a number of states faced in terms of food security. The RussoUkrainian war had a significant impact on various processes in the world, among which an important place is given to food security policy. Because it took on both geopolitical and geoeconomic characteristics, which shifted the issue from a regional scale to a global format, along with other factors. As for the research methods, to obtain reliable information, we used: policy research analysis, content analysis and document analysis methods to analyze and describe the food security challenges arising from the Russo-Ukrainian war. The research process uses: “Political Realism Theory”, “Balance of Power Theory”, “Securitization Theory”. The effects of Russia’s destruction of Ukraine’s agriculture sector extend beyond global food insecurity, as Russia uses its own agricultural exports for influence in the Global South. Since Russia leverages its own agricultural exports to gain influence in the Global South, the consequences of its destruction of Ukraine's agriculture sector go beyond the world's food crisis. A significant part of the study was devoted to the analysis of the impact of armed conflicts and wars on food security in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war and the discussion of this case. Attention is also paid to the global policy of food security and the political, economic and social factors influencing it. Among them, geopolitical and geoeconomic factors of food security are analyzed against the background of modern processes in the world. The article pays considerable attention to the role and importance of food security in ensuring global security.