Publications

15 May 2025

Bridging the Supply-Demand Gap for Critical Raw Materials by 2030

Our national and economic security are now acutely threatened by our reliance upon hostile foreign powers’ mineral production.” – President…

29 April 2025

Private Tech for Resilience: Geopolitical Shifts and Government-Tech Relations

Alena Kudzko, Executive Director, GLOBSEC US FoundationAlexandr Burilkov, Assistant Director for Research, GLOBSEC GeoTech Center The dramatic shift in global…

03 March 2025

The hunt for critical materials: Battery recycling to strengthen the supply security

Global demand for batteries is rising, driven by the shift to electric mobility and the energy transition. For example, demand…

20 December 2024

Finding new supply options for critical materials – processing of mine tailings

According to WEF, the ongoing transition to a low-carbon economy will substantially increase the demand for critical raw materials[1]. Given…

20 December 2024

GLOBSEC GeoTech Center: Exploring the Nexus of Tech and National Security under the Incoming Administration

Nearly every dimension of geopolitics and the global geostrategic relationships in the 21st Century will be shaped in some form…

08 December 2024

GLOBSEC on China export ban

What happened? In early December 2024, China, the largest miner and refiner of critical raw materials, announced a ban on…

22 May 2024

Teaser: Connect to Succeed: Multi-Domain Operations Readiness on the Eastern Flank

What is the reach and application of Multi-Domain Operations along NATO’s Eastern Flank? GLOBSEC’s Future of Security and Defence team…

30 January 2024

Cleaning the Augean Stables: Humanitarian Demining in Ukraine

The ongoing conflict in Ukraine presents unprecedented challenges in humanitarian demining (HD). Traditional methods of clearing land from explosive ordnance…

07 December 2023

Five Security Scenarios on Russian War in Ukraine for 2024-2025: Implications and Policy Recommendations to Western Partners

This study is a continuation of the previous work done on scenario building in November 2022 with a foresight analysis…

05 September 2023

Scars on Their Souls: PTSD and Veterans of Ukraine

With the ongoing war waged by Russia in Ukraine 20 months on, the support by allied nations around the world…