Bill Moseley Op-eds & Articles

Moseley Op-Eds, Interviews and Popular Press Articles

2022
Moseley, W.G. 2022. “Climate crisis in Africa exposes real cause of hunger – colonial food systems that leave people more vulnerable.” The Conversation Africa. December 10. https://theconversation.com/climate-crisis-in-africa-exposes-real-cause-of-hunger-colonial-food-systems-that-leave-people-more-vulnerable-195933

Bathige, N. and W.G. Moseley. 2022. “Drawing the wrong lessons from Sri Lanka’s organic farming experience.” Mongabay. August 12. https://news.mongabay.com/2022/08/drawing-the-wrong-lessons-from-sri-lankas-organic-farming-experience-commentary/

Moseley, W.G. 2022. “Like a bad rain year: The consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for African food security and the need for greater food sovereignty.” Africa is a Country. June 29. https://africasacountry.com/2022/06/like-a-bad-rain-year

Moseley, WG. 2022. “Is the global food system on the cusp of a major shift?” High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition. April 6. https://www.fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe/insights/news-insights/news-detail/Is-the-global-food-system-on-the-cusp-of-a-major-shift-/en

Moseley, WG. 2022. “The Global Food System Was Already Unsustainable Before the War in Ukraine.” World Politics Review. March 17. https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/30403/food-security-could-be-another-casualty-of-the-ukraine-russia-war

Moseley, W.G. 2022. “Le problème de la sécheresse comme explication de la famine dans la Corne et le Sahel de l’Afrique. ”  The Conversation Africa. February 17. https://theconversation.com/le-probleme-de-la-secheresse-comme-explication-de-la-famine-dans-la-corne-et-le-sahel-de-lafrique-177369

Moseley, W.G. 2022. “The trouble with drought as an explanation for famine in the Horn and Sahel of Africa.” The Conversation Africa. February 15. https://theconversation.com/the-trouble-with-drought-as-an-explanation-for-famine-in-the-horn-and-sahel-of-africa-177071

2021
Moseley, W.G. 2021. “Inclusive science must follow the UN Food Systems Summit.” Al jazeera English. September 28. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/9/28/to-end-hunger-we-must-return-to-participatory-science

Moseley, W.G. 2021. “Decolonizing world regional geography.” Wiley Teaching Strategies. April 5. (https://www.wiley.com/network/instructors-students/teaching-strategies/decolonizing-world-regional-geography)

Moseley, W.G. 2021. “The need for people-centered international engagement: Peace Corps in the post-Trump era.” Minnpost. February 3. https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2021/02/the-need-for-people-centered-international-engagement-peace-corps-in-the-post-trump-era/

2020
Moseley, W.G. “The Geography of COVID-19 and a Vulnerable Global Food System.” World Politics Review. May 12. https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/28754/the-geography-of-covid-19-and-a-vulnerable-global-food-system

Moseley, W.G. 2020. “How will COVID-19 affect Africa’s food systems?” African Arguments. March 25. https://africanarguments.org/2020/03/25/covid-19-africa-food-systems/

2019
Interview with Adam Klein. African Sky Podcast. Oct 1, 2019. (https://africansky.org/podcast/episode-5-bill-moseley/)

Moseley, W.G. “Africa’s Crippling Drought Shows the Importance of Climate Change Adaptation.” World Politics Review. July 22. https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/insights/28056/the-crippling-african-drought-shows-the-importance-of-climate-change-adaptation

Video of live public conversation with former Macalester College President Brian Rosenberg & former student Julia Morgan. Big Questions Seattle: How Will We Sustainably Feed Nine Billion People in 2050? January 31, 2019. Seattle, WA. (https://www.macalester.edu/news/2019/01/big-questions-seattle-how-will-we-sustainably-feed-nine-billion-people-in-2050/#/0)

Moseley, W.G. “Städter wollen keine Hirse.” [City dwellers do not want millet]. Welt Sichten. Pgs 13-17.  December/January. https://www.welt-sichten.org/artikel/35380/staedter-wollen-keine-hirse

2018
Moseley, W.G. “Transactional foreign aid doesn’t work.” MinnPost. November 2.
https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2018/11/transactional-foreign-aid-doesnt-work/

Moseley, W.G. “Trump is giving protectionism a bad name” Dollars and Sense. Sept/Oct.
https://dollarsandsense.org/archives/2018/0918moseley.html

Moseley, W.G. and J. Morgan. “Why it’s important to recognise multiple food systems in Africa.” The Conversation Africa. June 18. https://theconversation.com/why-its-important-to-recognise-multiple-food-systems-in-africa-97134

Moseley, W.G. “Is food self-sufficiency making a come-back?” African Arguments. June 15. https://africanarguments.org/2018/06/15/is-food-self-sufficiency-making-a-comeback/

Moseley, W.G. “National Geographic’s Mea Culpa Isn’t Enough.” Africa is a Country. April 24.
https://africasacountry.com/2018/04/national-geographic-mea-culpa

2017
Moseley, W.G. “Trump, tribalism and the end of American capitalism.” Al jazeera English. Dec 15.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/trump-tribalism-american-capitalism-171213074012028.html

2016
Moseley, W.G. and R. Fehr. “Female farmers suffer most in southern Africa drought.” Al jazeera English.Sept 30
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/09/female-farmers-suffer-southern-africa-drought-160928093451493.html

2015
Moseley, W.G. “Climate change adaptation is not just about vulnerable countries.” African Arguments. December 29. https://africanarguments.org/2015/12/29/climate-change-adaptation-not-just-about-vulnerable-countries/

Moseley, W.G. 2015. “The dark alliance of global philanthropy and capitalism.” Al jazeera English. Dec 1.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/11/dark-alliance-global-philanthropy-capitalism-151130113526176.html

Moseley, W.G. 2015. “The US must stand by Mali, our friend and ally.” Minneapolis StarTribune. November 25.
https://www.startribune.com/the-u-s-must-stand-by-mali-our-friend-and-ally/354145311/

Moseley, W.G. 2015. “Beware the Green Revolution.” African Arguments. Oct 7. https://africanarguments.org/2015/10/07/beware-the-green-revolution/

Moseley, W.G. 2015. “Africa’s entrepreneurial dilemma.”  Al jazeera English (print). August 4. https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/07/africa-entrepreneurial-dilemma-150730131850481.html

Moseley, W.G. 2015. “How outsiders are complicit in African issues.” Minneapolis StarTribune. July 31. https://www.startribune.com/how-outsiders-are-complicit-in-african-issues/320211841/

Moseley, W.G. 2015. “The pope, U.S. conservatives and the climate of capitalism.” MinnPost. July 15. https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2015/07/pope-us-conservatives-and-climate-capitalism

Moseley, W.G. 2015. “Climate change and female farmers in Botswana.” Al jazeera English (print). June 19. https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/06/climate-change-female-farmers-botswana-150611091026193.html

2014
Moseley, W.G. 2014. “What Westerners can learn from the Hajj.” Minneapolis StarTribune. October 7. https://www.startribune.com/what-westerners-can-learn-from-the-hajj/278451981/

Moseley, W.G. 2014. “The Limits of New Social Entrepreneurship.” Al jazeera English. Dec 22.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/12/limits-new-social-entrepreneu-20141221113250395741.html

Moseley, W.G. 2014. “What we can learn from Cuba’s agroecology.” Minneapolis StarTribune. Dec 21
https://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentaries/286423581.html

Moseley, W.G. 2014. “Artisanal Gold Mining’s Curse on West African Farming.” Al jazeera English (print). July 9.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/07/artisanal-gold-mining-west-afric-20147372739374988.html

Moseley, W.G. 2014. “Graduation advice for aspiring humanitarians.” Al jazeera English (print). May 28.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/05/graduation-advice-aspiring-huma-201452883328467830.html

Moseley, W.G. 2014. “Geographic Perspective Matters in Policy Debates.” MN 2020. May 12.
https://www.mn2020.org/issues-that-matter/energy-environment/geographic-perspective-matters-in-policy-debates

Moseley, W.G. 2014. “Minnesota’s Enduring Relationship with the Peace Corps.” MN 2020. March 12.
https://www.mn2020.org/issues-that-matter/energy-environment/geographic-perspective-matters-in-policy-debates

Moseley, W.G. 2014. “How a coup d’état drove a scholar to social media.” Africa is a Country. January 20.
https://africasacountry.com/how-a-coup-detat-drove-a-scholar-to-social-media/

Moseley, W.G. 2014. “Why we get fat?” Al jazeera-English. January 20.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/01/why-get-fat-2014178958980806.html

2013
Moseley, W.G. 2013. “No food for the poor: Malthus and Republican ideologues.” Al jazeera-English. November 18.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/11/no-food-poor-malthus-republican-ideologues-201311174444313670.html

Moseley, W.G. and V. Malwatte. 2013. “Sri Lanka’s tropical beaches: A development trap?” Al jazeera-English. October 25.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/10/sri-lanka-tropical-beaches-a-development-trap-201310610855158222.html

Moseley, W.G., S. Peyton and J. Battersby. 2013. “The real solution to South Africa’s food problem.” Al jazeera-English. September 8.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/09/20139483514342425.html

Moseley, W.G. “Crossing the Sahara in a different era”Al jazeera-English (print). August 11.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/08/201381193349283819.html

Moseley, W.G. and J.M. Lindgren. “The ‘invisible’ farmer and the global hunger debate.”Al jazeera-English (print). July 21.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/07/201371512575826444.html

Moseley, W.G. “Eating together and expanding the table.” Al jazeera-English (print). June 5.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/06/20136575253951376.html

Moseley, W.G. 2013. “Too many elephants in African parks?” Al jazeera-English (print). April 21.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/04/2013416113911163191.html

Moseley, W.G. 2013. “Don’t make the same anti-terrorism mistakes in Mali”  Al jazeera – English. January 15 (print).
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/01/2013114104752470169.html

2012
Moseley, W.G. 2012. “Don’t Go Soft on Study Abroad: a Call for Academic Rigor.” Chronicle of Higher Education (print). December 12.
https://chronicle.com

Moseley, W.G. 2012, “The corporate take-over of African food security and agricultural production.” Good Governance Africa. November 2012.
https://gga.org/stories/editions/aif-6-whose-land-is-it-anyway/the-corporate-take-over-of-african-food-security-and-agricultural-production

Interview about drought and corn crop. News and Views with Susie Jones. WCCO-AM radio. August 12, 2012 (at the 20 minute mark of program).
https://minnesota.cbslocal.com

Moseley, W.G. 2012. “The Silver Lining in the Drought.” New York Times. August 8 (print).
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/opinion/the-droughts-alert-for-corn.html?ref=opinion

Moseley, W.G. 2012. “Assaulting Tolerance in Mali.” Al jazeera – English. July 16 (print).
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/07/201271594012144369.html

Interview. “Azawad: Can this breakaway African state work?” podcast for Africafiles: The Pulse. May 24, 2012.
https://rabble.ca/podcasts/shows/africafiles-pulse/2012/05/azawad-can-breakaway-african-state-work

Moseley, W.G. 2012. “Africa’s Future? Botswana’s Growth with Hunger.” Al jazeera-English (print). May 8.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/05/201254115536921635.html

Moseley, W.G. 2012. “A more radical choice for World Bank president.” Al jazeera- English (print). April 28.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/201242691921434336.html

Moseley, W.G. 2012. “Azawad: The latest African border dilemma.” Al jazeera-English (print). April 18.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/20124149184982408.html

Panel discussion and interview regarding situation in Mali (TV). “Are sanctions beginning to bite in Mali?” Aljazeera’s ‘Inside Story.’ | April 6, 2012.
https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2012/04/201246122834141983

Radio interview on “The World Today.” BBC. April 4, 2012

Moseley, W.G. 2012. “Massive corruption does not justify Malian coup.” Al jazeera-English (print). April 1.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/03/2012331124714249529.html

Moseley, W.G. 2012. “Mali’s coup must be widely condemned.” Al Jazeera-English (print). March 23.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/03/20123238341314250.html

Moseley, W.G. 2012. “American decline and the imperative for higher education.” Al jazeera – English (print). Feb 9.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/02/2012271229581421.html

Moseley, W.G. 2012. “Imperialism 2.0: EU fosters Botswana degradation.” Al jazeera – English (print). Feb 1.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/01/2012127131741143676.html

2011
Moseley, W.G. “China’s Farming History Misapplied in Africa.” Al jazeera English, October 27, 2011. https://aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/10/201110241502249406.html

Interview (TV) with Peter Shea. Reflections on geography, international development and publish scholarship. Bat of Minerva. October 14, 2011.

Interview with Tom Crann (Radio). “Macalester’s William Moseley brings hunger-violence research to U.N.” MPR News. Minnesota Public Radio. October 3, 2011. https://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/10/01/macalester-william-moseley-un-somalia/

Interview (Television). “Famine in the Horn of Africa.” Almanac (in last 15 minutes of program). Twin Cities Public Television. September 30, 2011. https://www.mnvideovault.org/mpml_player_embed.php?vid_id=22745&select_index=0

Moseley, W.G. “Famine in the Horn of Africa: Malthus Beware.” Al jazeera – English (print). August 23, 2011. https://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/08/20118178844125460.html

Interviewed by Radio Sweden about famine in the Horn of Africa. August 11, 2011. https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=99&artikel=4639973

Panel discussion and interview regarding drought and famine in the Horn of Africa. Aljazeera’s ‘Inside Story’. https://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/insidestory/2011/08/20118710209703235.html
August 6, 2011.

Interviewed on Los Angeles Public Radio regarding famine in the Horn of Africa https://www.scpr.org/programs/patt-morrison/2011/08/04/20152/famine-in-somalia-how-does-starvation-still-happen/. Pat Morrison Show. August 4, 2011.

Moseley, W.G. 2011. “Why They’re Starving. The man-made roots of famine in the Horn of Africa.” The Washington Post. July 29.pg. A19. (reprinted in St. Paul Pioneer Press, Albany Times, Sacramento Bee, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, South Mississippi Sun Herald, Takoma NewsTribune, Austin Statesman, Minn Post and West Hawaii Today). https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/behind-africas-famine-more-than-just-drought-famine-isnt-inevitable/2011/07/28/gIQAJCrsfI_story.html

Interviewed on Voice of America regarding famine in the Horn of Africa https://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Experts-Look-to-Past-for-Clues-to-Prevent-Famine-in-Horn-of-Africa-126220303.html. July 26, 2011.

Moseley, William. 2011. “Make farming energy efficient.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution. June 3. pg. 15A.

2010
Two Voice of America Stories profiling research undertaken by Moseley, Carney and Becker on the 2008 global food crisis in West Africa. 1) “West Africans, Free Markets and the ’08 Food Crisis.” 3/14/2010

“Study Documents Effects of Market Policy Changes on Three West African Countries.” 3/22/2010

2009
Moseley, W.G. 2009. “Area Studies in a Global Context.” The Chronicle of Higher Education.” November 29, 2009.

Moseley, W.G. 2009. “Stop the Blanket Militarization of Humanitarian Aid.” Foreign Policy. July 31.

2008
Moseley, W.G. 2008. “Let’s not pull back on the Peace Corps.” Minneapolis StarTribune. Dec. 11.

Moseley, W.G. 2008. “In search of a better revolution.” Minneapolis StarTribune. May 14. p. A11.

Interviewed by Eric Blair. “The friction between the fair-trade and local-first movements.” Charleston City Paper. April 30, 2008.

2007
Moseley, W.G. 2007. “Farmers in developing world hurt by ‘eat local’ philosophy in U.S.” San Francisco Chronicle. November 18. pg. E5. (also published in the Seattle Post- Intelligencer on November 19 under the title “Change global marketplace rules”).

Interviewed by Joel Grostephan. 2007. “Ethanol puts strain on immigrant farming.” Story produced by Great Lakes Radio Consortium for NPR affiliates. September 3.

Moseley, W.G. 2007. “A population remedy is right here at home: U.S. overconsumption is a bigger issue than fertility.” The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 11.

Interviewed by Jean Feraca for Here on Earth,  “Fair Trade Wine.“ Wisconsin Public Radio. June 30, 2007.

Kerr, LM and W.G. Moseley. “How Ethanol is Hurting the State’s Hmong Farmers.” Op-ed in the Minneapolis Star Tribune . May 18, pg. A19.

Moseley, W.G. 2007. “Transformation and the Delinquent South African Wine Connoisseur.” Cape Argus (Cape Town newspaper). March 19, pg. 13.

2006
Estrada, HM. 2006. “Time to Try S. African Wine, Prof. Says.” Minneapolis Star Tribune . Monday, September 18. p. B3. (Interview regarding worker produced, fair trade wine from South Africa).

Moseley, W.G. 2006. “America’s Lost Vision: The Demise of Development.”. International Herald Tribune . Pg. 7, August 9 (reprinted in the November 2006 issue of the AAG Newsletter, p. 17).

Interviewed by Paul Crann of Minnesota Public Radio for All Things Considered. 2006. “Black economic empowerment enters South African wine industry.” August 7.

Moseley, W.G. 2006. “Post-Apartheid Vineyards: land redistribution begins to transform South Africa’s wine country.” Dollars & Sense Magazine . Pp. 16-21. Jan/Feb Issue. (Reprinted in the revised 11th edition (2007) of Global Studies-Africa. Dubuque , IA: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin. Also reprinted in Real World Globalization, 9th Edition (2007). Boston: Dollars & Sense).

2005
Moseley, W.G. and S.T. Ledermann. 2005. “Global Cotton Economy: Prospect and Peril.” Africa Week Magazine. April.

2004
Moseley, W.G. 2004. “Cotton’s Not King: Farm Subsidies and Africa.” International Herald Tribune, July 20, pg. 8.

Moseley, W.G. 2004. “On Geography and the American Liberal Arts College.” Association of American Geographer’s Newsletter. 39(7):10.

2002
Moseley, W.G. 2002. “Reflections of an American Geographer on the Anniversary of September 11th.” Association of American Geographer’s Newsletter . 37(11):11-12 (reprinted in Moseley, W.G., D. Lanegran and K. Pandit (eds). 2007. The Introductory Reader in Human Geography: Contemporary Debates and Classic Writings. Malden, MA: Blackwell Press).

Moseley, W.G. and B.I. Logan. 2002. A Critical Examination of Two Famine Early Warning Methodologies in Zimbabwe: What Lessons May Be Learned? Food Forum . Issue 60, p. 7-10.

Moseley, W.G. 2002. “Bush grasps to define enemy.” Chicago Sun Times . March 16 (Op-Ed).

Moseley, W.G. 2002. “Voodoo environmentalism.” The Christian Science Monitor . February 27 (Op-Ed).

2001
Moseley, W.G. 2001. “Peace Corps and People-Centered Development.” Daily Chronicle. October 19, p. A6 (Op-Ed).