19 January 2026
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Critical Minerals, Green Energy, and the Rise of Resource Nationalism 2.0
The global transition to clean energy is often framed as a cooperative effort to address climate change. Yet beneath the rhetoric of decarbonisation lies a far more contested reality. As demand surges for lithium, nickel, rare earths, and other critical minerals essential to batteries, electric vehicles, and renewable technologies, governments are reasserting control over natural…