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2021 finds us in the midst of a pandemic and a growing appreciation that the climate crisis is the biggest challenge of our time. Plans to become carbon neutral by mid-century have been announced by major economies making decarbonization urgent.  This major transformation requires unprecedented amounts of minerals as inputs and some are considered especially… Continue reading Between rocks and hard places: critical minerals, climate change and the future of globalization →

The tension between the geographic concentration of vital metallic elements and the increasing scramble to secure them will further unsettle geopolitics in the twenty-first century. Rich-country governments must now follow China's lead and build new avenues of trust and cooperation with developing countries... https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/china-critical-minerals-new-geopolitics-by-sophia-kalantzakos-2020-10

In November 2014, Presidents Obama and Xi stood up in Beijing and declared to the world their intent to take on responsibility for their nations’ part in the climate crisis. The words flowed easily; after all, such an agreement – in Chinese parlance – constituted a win-win for both sides, but also for universal humanity...… Continue reading The Perils of a Bipolar Planet →

The current rare earths crisis is not a stand-alone event. In 2010, the elements captured both international headlines and the attention of policymakers and industry globally when a geopolitical incident between China and Japan revealed how the world had grown almost exclusively dependent on China for rare earth mining, processing, production, and export. Prices skyrocketed,… Continue reading Rare earths: A catalyst to geopolitical realignments. →

Το παρατεταμένο και αδιέξοδο -επί του παρόντος- δράμα που ζει η Ελληνική κοινωνία έχει πολλαπλές συνέπειες. Οικονομικός μαρασμός, ανεργία, ανασφάλεια, αδιέξοδο είναι μερικά από τα επακόλουθα της πρωτόγνωρης οικονομικής κρίσης που μαστίζει τη χώρα μας. Αλλά το δραματικότερο είναι η κατάλυση του κράτους από συντεχνίες και μια αριστερά που εξάρει τα πάθη, τα μίση, το… Continue reading Ανοικτή Ελληνική Πολιτεία, Ανοικτή Ελληνική Κοινωνία →