Phase IFoundation
Background
Overview
Understanding global resource competition, India's energy security, industrial policy, and strategic partnerships. Relevant for GS2 (IR, National Security) and GS3 (Economy, Environment).
Critical minerals are raw materials essential for modern technologies, defense, and clean energy, whose supply chains are vulnerable to disruption. Resource geopolitics examines the interplay between the availability, control, and distribution of natural resources and international power dynamics, influencing foreign policy and national security.