Geopolitics, Strategy & World Order — Area 03
Geoeconomics, technology & strategic power
Energy, trade, investment, infrastructure, supply chains, sanctions, critical minerals and technology as instruments of power.
Research in development
This area investigates how economic and technological capabilities become instruments of geopolitical power, and how dependence and leverage are created through infrastructure, finance and supply chains.
It connects the material study of corridors, minerals and digital infrastructure to the question of who is able to interpret and contest the economic order they inhabit.
Research topics
- Energy, oil and gas
- Trade and investment
- Infrastructure
- Supply chains
- Sanctions
- Critical minerals
- Technology
- Artificial intelligence
- Digital infrastructure
- Economic corridors
- Development finance
Questions in this area
- 01
How do economic and technological capabilities become instruments of geopolitical power?
- 02
How does technological dependence shape strategic choice?
- 03
Where does economic interdependence constrain, and where does it enable, autonomy?