Category: Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
24 Articles
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
Small Yard, High Fence? U.S. Economic Restrictions on the People’s Republic of China
The Biden administration claims the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is leveraging its technological capabilities to promote its authoritarian governance model,…
December 26, 2023
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
- Middle East & North Africa
A New Century: Turkey’s Pursuit of Regional Economic Power Upon its 100th Anniversary
On October 29th, Turkey celebrated the 100th anniversary of its establishment as a secular, Western-facing nation. However, since Ataturk’s founding of the…
December 18, 2023
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
- Sub-Saharan Africa
De-Risking, The Lobito Corridor, and the United States’ Approach to African Development
Catalyzed by geopolitical competition with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States is approaching issues like…
December 5, 2023
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
Not Made in China: Multilateral Alternatives to the Belt and Road Initiative
Preparing for the September 2023 G20 summit in Delhi, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi staked his leadership reputation on a successful event, marketing his government as a &…
November 20, 2023
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
- Technology
The United States’ Semiconductor Export Controls at One Year: Is the PRC Racing Forward?
On October 7, 2022, the United States Department of Commerce announced a series of export controls that signaled a marked shift in U.S. policy and a new era of global technology…
October 19, 2023
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
The Elements of Control: China’s Monopoly over Critical Minerals
As part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has taken to investing in critical mineral mines globally. One of these investment hotspots is…
June 1, 2023
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
- Intelligence & National Security
- Technology
Dr. Policymaker or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Question “Market Irrationality”
The passage of the CHIPS and Science Act and economic competition between the United States and the PRC over strategic technologies have reinvigorated the exploration of …
May 15, 2023
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
The United States Rights a Wrong with Critical Minerals Agreements
The Biden administration’s 2022 National Security Strategy (NSS) says China is “America’s most consequential geopolitical challenge” and “the only competitor with…
April 26, 2023
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
- The Americas
The Dragon, the Elephant, and the Jaguar Both Wanted to Tame
Guyana is a kaleidoscope of unresolved mysteries in a continent it barely resembles. The country lies geographically in South America. However, no one with a good knowledge of…
March 27, 2023
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
- Technology
Fusing Particles And Interests: The Geopolitics of Nuclear Fusion
On December 5th, a team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) achieved ignition, creating a nuclear reaction which generates more…
January 5, 2023