Critical minerals are essential for the functioning of modern technologies and economies
and at risk of disruption to their supply chains. Global economic and technological changes …

This article examines the social and environmental costs of living in the mineral age,
wherein contemporary global livelihoods depend almost completely on the extraction of …

Although 'resources' and 'nationalism'are core analytical categories in geography, the
concept of 'resource nationalism'has received little attention in the discipline. We address …

State intervention has long affected the stability of the global mineral and raw material
markets. Global energy transition has continued to boost demand for copper, lithium, cobalt …

The energy security theories are based on the premises of sufficient and reliable supply of
fossil fuels at affordable prices in centralized supply systems. Policy-makers and company …

Abstract In May 2017, Tanzania's President John Magufuli declared 'economic warfare'on
foreign mining companies, which he accused of draining the country's mineral wealth …

In this paper I argue that assemblage theory provides an innovative way to extend critique of
sustainable development as it is being remade by the 2015 United Nations Sustainable …

Many resource-rich African countries have recently drafted local content policies for their
petroleum sector. Using Tanzania as an example, this paper argues that previous …

Proponents of renewable energy often argue that renewables bolster national energy
sovereignty. Most of the scholarship however focuses on security of supply, imports and …

This paper offers a conceptual contribution to understanding ocean governance and the
management of spaces for the protection of marine biodiversity, organization of extractive …