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In 2022, Rosella Cappella Zielinski and Justin Gilpin wrote, “Breadbasket Diplomacy: Preserving Wheat as a Tool of American Statecraft,” where they argued that American investment in food production and export, namely wheat, should be a pillar of national security strategy. Three years later, we asked them to revisit their arguments.Image: Wikimedia CommonsIn your 2022 article, “Breadbasket Diplomacy: Preserving Wheat as a Tool of American Statecraft,” you argue that the United States should “incorporate grain in its national security policy and re-sow the seeds of wheat diplomacy.” Three years later, what role do you think wheat should play in America’s national security and
