Tag: critical minerals

  • Q1 2026: The Quarter That Rewrote the Risk Map

    Q1 2026: The Quarter That Rewrote the Risk Map

    Q1 2026 did not ease in gently. The first three months of the year delivered a sequence of shocks that would have been considered unthinkable in any previous year, but increasingly looks like the new normal. On 3 January, US forces arrested Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro following airstrikes on military sites in Caracas, upending the…

  • The 21st century resources war: Energy, Critical Minerals & Chips

    The 21st century resources war: Energy, Critical Minerals & Chips

    Historically, wars were fought over natural resources. Today, a new, 21st-century iteration has emerged: a competition for the resources essential to the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI). The future positioning of world powers hinges on their securing and controlling the critical minerals sources, semiconductors and energy required for AI.  In the past few years the…