Post-war agricultural reconstruction in Syria is increasingly framed by international actors through the language of food security. As part of a broader security logic, this is aimed at stabilising populations, restoring production chains, and re-establishing governance.
In this analysis, political scientist Ansar Jasim takes a critical look at the framework of "food security" and highlights its limitations; in particular, by arguing that securitisation depoliticises fundamentally political questions and treats them as mere governance issues. Against this, the author suggests "food sovereignty" as an alternative logic grounded in reproduction, relationality and collective control over land, labour and life.