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A Rapid Assessment of Liberia’s Mining Sector, with a Focus on the Local Impacts on Forests and People

2026 | Forest Trends

The mining sector has long driven Liberia’s economy. But while the economy has grown, Liberia has not developed at the same rate. This assessment examines…

Briefing on Energy, Critical Minerals, and Security

2026 | Security Council Report

This briefing aims to explore the link between energy dominance and competition for natural resources, such as critical minerals, and its implications for the maintenance…

Nature Crimes: The Convergence of Criminal Ecomonomies in the Mekong Region

2026 | Forest Trends
Kevin M. Woods

The Mekong Region—particularly the tri-border “Golden Triangle” of Myanmar, Laos and Thailand—has become a hub where environmental exploitation and criminal activity converge, collectively generating billions…

China, Afghanistan, and Critical Minerals: Options for US Strategic Competition Below the Threshold of War

2026 | Small Wars Journal
Sean Ryan and Adib Farhadi

Afghanistan remains relevant to the United States in the context of Great Power Competition. While China assumed a major role in Afghanistan after the US…

Environmental Entry Points to Mediation

2026 | Center for Security Studies and ETH Zürich
Simon Mason, Sebastian Kratzer, and Edward Jackson

The environmental peacebuilding field often advances the assumption that environmental issues present good entry points for dialogue, mediation, and peace. It is, however, often that…

Critical Minerals and Contested Sovereignty: Inside the US–DRC Agreement

2026 | Public Citizen, Friends of the Congo, United Methodist Church General Board of Church and Society, and Earthworks

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has endured escalating violence and upheaval since the 2022 revival of a historic regional conflict. Rwanda-backed M23 and…

Oil Field Impacts on Venezuela’s Rivers and Water Stress with Environmental Challenges

2026 | Journal of South American Earth Sciences
Aleksandar Valjarević

This study examines the ecological impact of oil extraction on Venezuela's river systems, focusing on pollution, hydrological changes, and water resource stress. A spatial and…

The Take: What Does RSF Capture of Heglig Oilfield Mean for Sudan's War? [Audio]

2025 | Al Jazeera
Hiba Morgan

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have seized the Heglig oilfield, a critical site located on the border of Sudan and South Sudan. The capture…

Thousands in DRC Could Face Eviction from Lobito Corridor Railway

2025 | Global Witness

The EU and US-backed Lobito Corridor railway for critical mineral transport risks driving evictions in a mining region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo…

Strengthening Field Environmental Management: Assessing the Green Field Tool Roll-out in NPA

2025 | Conflict and Environment Observatory and Norwegian People's Aid
Anna McKean, Jonathan Walsh, and Doug Weir

Mine action takes place in some of the world’s most fragile environments that are impacted by conflict, pollution and degraded ecosystems. As the climate crisis…

Shafted: The Scramble for Critical Minerals in the DRC

2025 | Oakland Institute

This report’s analysis of previously overlooked coltan trade data shows that the US has been a central actor in laundering illegally smuggled Congolese minerals. Rwanda’s…

Advantages and Disadvantages of the Environmental Peacebuilding: A Literature Review

2025 | International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews
Marina Chichua

The process of peacebuilding is a crucial strategy for emerging economic, social and political approaches during and after conflicts. These strategies also address environmental concerns,…

Energy Production Potential of Afghanistan: Balancing Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy for National Electrification and Energy Independence

2025 | Journal of Natural Science Review
Lutfullah Safi, Kawoon Sahak, and Hayatullah Mushwani

The world is transitioning towards renewable energy sources to decarbonize the energy supply and meet the growing global energy demand. In 2023, the global investment…

The Critical Minerals Conundrum: What You Should Know

2025 | World Resources Institute
Serena Li and Ke Wang

The world is racing to increase supplies of lithium, cobalt, copper and other "critical minerals" that are building blocks of modern technology. Not only are…

Resource Curse in the Age of Critical Minerals: Geopolitical Forces and Market Maturity

2025 | Science Direct
Juergen Braunstein and Marina Chuchko

The global demand for critical minerals—such as lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements—essential to renewable energy and technology, raises concerns about a modern resurgence of…

Study Maps Disputes, Conflicts along Amazon Borders

2025 | Agência Brasil
Rafael Cardoso

The Amazon is a strategic biome for global climate regulation, home to unique biodiversity and diverse traditional cultures. Beyond its environmental and cultural richness, the…

Mercenary Meltdown: The Wagner Group’s Failure in Mali

2025 | The Sentry

The first Wagner Group fighters arrived in Bamako in January 2022 to assist the Malian military junta in its counterterrorism campaign. Three and a half…

Resistance to Extractivism: Pin-Prick Land Grabs and ‘Failed’ Corporate Land Deals

2025 | Third World Quarterly
Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Lorenza Arango, Moges Belay, Jennifer C. Franco, Sai Sam Kham, Tsegaye Moreda, Doi Ra, Itayosara R. Herrera, Chunyu Wang, and Yunan Xu

Resistance to extractivist land grabs is diverse in character and trajectory, at least those in Colombia, Ethiopia, Myanmar and China. The authors argue that this…

The Renewable Energy Transition and Political Stability in the MENA Region

2025 | Notes internacionals CIDOB
Martijn Vlaskamp

The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects global oil demand to start a slow decline over the next decade, driven by rising renewable energy use and…

Pathways to Instability: How Decreasing Oil Prices Impact Political Stability in Petrostates - Lessons From the 1980s Oil Glut

2025 | Energy Research & Social Science
Martijn C. Vlaskamp

Existing research has shown a correlation between lower oil prices and political instability in oil-rich countries. This paper examines the conditions under which declining oil…

Anchored in Action: Operationalizing NATO's Climate Security Plan in the Arctic Maritime Domain

2025 | Arctic Institute
Pauline Baudu and Fabio Lissi

Since 2021 and until recently, NATO has bolstered its commitment to addressing the security implications of climate change, demonstrated by the release of foundational guiding…

Africa’s Ascent: Forging a Sovereign AI Future from Mineral Wealth and Human Capital

2025 | Special Competitive Studies Project Newsletter
Kwame Odame-Darkwah and Alex Tsado

Africa stands at the confluence of two global megatrends: the digital transformation driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the escalating demand for the critical minerals…

Ecocide’s Evolving Relationship with War

2025 | Environment and Security
Racheal Killean

This article examines the evolving relationship between ecocide and the regulation of war, tracing its conceptual development from a war crime to a broader environmental…

Formalization as a Tool for Environmental Peacebuilding? Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Liberia and Sierra Leone

2021 | International Affairs
Christina Ankenbrand, Zabrina Welter, and Nina Engwicht

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has long been a vital source of livelihoods for rural populations in the global South. Yet, it has also been…

Power and Plunder: The Eritrean Defense Forces Intervention in Tigray