Mining, Minerals, and Materials in the Age of Sustainability and Alliances
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Premise
As the world bumps toward energy…
Michelle Michot Foss February 8, 2024
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The Use of Similarity-based Algorithms to Predict Links in Mexican Criminal Networks
This paper builds on social network analysis (SNA) and the use of node similarity-based algorithms to make link predictions about Mexico’s network of criminal organizations.
Oscar Contreras Velasco, Nathan P. Jones, Daniel Weisz Argomedo, John P. Sullivan, Chris Callaghan August 30, 2023
Defining the ‘Minerals Heartland’ of the Future — From Africa to Central Asia
By now, the messages should be clear. For our future energy transitions, however they unfold, we will require enormous…
Michelle Michot Foss December 20, 2022
Of Chinese Behemoths: What China’s Rare Earths Dominance Means for the US
China’s dominance over the supply of rare earths — which are critical for energy transition and defense technologies — should spur U.S. policymakers to bolster raw materials supply chains, write energy fellow Michelle Michot Foss and co-author Jacob Koelsch.
Michelle Michot Foss, Jacob Koelsch December 19, 2022
Climate Dogmas and Energy Realpolitik
In American Coal Magazine, fellow Michelle Michot Foss examines the world’s continued dependence on fossil fuels as it pursues the energy transition.
Michelle Michot Foss December 12, 2022
Need Nickel? How Electrifying Transport and Chinese Investment Are Playing Out in the Indonesian Archipelago
The authors examine tensions in nickel supply and value chains within the context of broad aspirations to electrify transport. Through their case study, which focuses on China’s growing presence in Indonesian nickel extraction and processing, they contend that China is positioning itself as a gatekeeper to the energy transition — with vast implications for strategic planning in the United States.
Michelle Michot Foss, Jacob Koelsch April 11, 2022
Borders on the Rise: The Unintended Evolutionary Consequences of Border Barriers on Natural Populations
The authors show that border barriers can have unintended but important biological consequences for biodiversity by, for instance, inducing changes to the environment and reducing genetic diversity.
Scott Egan December 19, 2018
Mayoral Homicides in Mexico
This paper seeks to identify the key factors that explain why local officials in Mexico — mayors, former mayors, mayors-elect and mayoral candidates — are being killed and to provide policy alternatives to address this important threat to Mexican democracy.
David Pérez Esparza, Helden De Paz Mancera June 4, 2018
Boko Haram: Whose Islamic State?
Boko Haram may be reaching its bitter end in Nigeria as the the country's military, with the support of Niger, Cameroon, and Chad, plans a massive ground invasion of the insurgents’ long-controlled safe zone, the Sambisa Forest. Outgoing Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has refused the offer of the United Nations to send troops, expressing confidence in the regional Multinational Joint Task Force's (MNJTF) ability to rout Boko Haram before the May 29 handover to the new president. However, Boko Haram remains deadly as long as sharia is the precondition for political and economic gains to the Muslim north.
Michael Nwankpa May 1, 2015
New Alignments? The Geopolitics of Gas and Oil Cartels and the Changing Middle East
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Abstract
We analyze the likelihood of different…
Songying Fang, Amy Myers Jaffe, Ted Loch-Temzelides January 24, 2012