Politics of Future Energy Resources and Technology

Session Submission Type: Full Paper Panel

Session Description

The primary goal of the panel is to acquire a deeper understanding of future energy resources and what facets of energy technology will impact international relations in the 21st century. The papers explore how new and emerging energy resources and methods of extraction for current energy resources influence conflict and trade. While two panelists concentrate on exploring the causal relationships between fossil fuel technology and conflict, the remaining two delve into energy security concerns related to uranium and rare earth minerals within the global energy trade network. The panel also addresses both interstate and intrastate dimensions of energy issues as potential sources of conflict using a variety of analysis strategies and new data. Each panelist has generated new original datasets and employed interdisciplinary methodologies. These diverse approaches to the study of energy politics aim to facilitate an in-depth and comprehensive discussion about the future landscape of energy
politics.

Sub Unit

• Division 20: Foreign Policy

Individual Presentations

• Revisiting a Chinese Resource Curse: China’s Global Battery Supply Chain - Hye Ryeon Jang, Morehouse College; Kyshan Jay Nichols-Smith, Morehouse College; Myles Ndiritu, Morehouse College

• Network Analysis of Nuclear Energy’s Critical Elements: Uranium and Thorium - Suleyman Orhun Altiparmak, Michigan State University; Cameron G. Thies, Michigan State University; Keith Waters

• For the Sake of Peace, Pipe Down! Conflict Risks of Fossil Fuel Investment - Yaron Alexander Weissberg, ETH Zürich

Chair

• Hye Ryeon Jang Morehouse College