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Featured Publications<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>
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Handbook of Resource Nationalism<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>

Edited by Jesse Salah Ovadia, Richard G. Saunders and Jewellord T. Nem Singh \u00b7 Edward Elgar, 2026<\/p>

As states race to secure the minerals of the energy transition, resource nationalism has returned to the centre of global politics. This 33-chapter handbook \u2014 the first comprehensive reference on the subject \u2014 maps how mineral-producing societies assert sovereignty over their resources, across commodities from oil and gas to nickel, tin and rare earths, and what this means for strategic competition between international powers.<\/p>

Beyond the twin transition: Military drivers of critical minerals’ expansion<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>

Phil Johnstone and Anabel Mar\u00edn \u00b7 The Extractive Industries and Society<\/i><\/em>, 2026<\/p>

Critical minerals demand is usually explained by the green and digital ‘twin transition’. This article foregrounds a third, overlooked driver \u2014 military mobilisation and rearmament \u2014 showing how war preparedness has long shaped which minerals count as ‘critical’, and how today’s intensified militarisation is changing extraction and governance dynamics across supply chains, with serious implications for sustainable development.<\/p>

Industrial Upgrading and Economic Statecraft: The Dual Benefits of China’s Resource Nationalism in the Rare Earths Sector<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>

Jewellord T. Nem Singh and Yingfeng Ji \u00b7 in Handbook of Resource Nationalism<\/i><\/em>, Edward Elgar, 2026<\/p>

China’s dominance of rare earths is the defining case of minerals as geopolitical leverage. This chapter traces how Chinese resource nationalism has served both industrial upgrading at home and economic statecraft abroad \u2014 a dual strategy other producing countries now seek to emulate or counter.<\/p>

From Dominance to Dependence: What the UK Must Learn to Build Trusted Critical Minerals Partnerships<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>

Anabel Marin and Gabriel Palazzo \u00b7 CITP Briefing Paper, 2025<\/p>

The UK now depends on critical minerals produced elsewhere, yet security-of-supply initiatives alone will not build trust with producing countries. This briefing argues that credible partnerships require conflict-sensitive engagement: understanding where and why mining disputes arise, assessing conflict early, and building pathways that turn disputes into negotiated agreements.<\/p>

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Further Publications<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>

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