From geology, through geopolitics, to security: a critical and comprehensive analysis of rare earth elements, the vitamins of the modern society
Bruni, Alessio (A.A. 2021/2022) From geology, through geopolitics, to security: a critical and comprehensive analysis of rare earth elements, the vitamins of the modern society. Tesi di Laurea in Security policies, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Carlo Magrassi, pp. 137. [Master's Degree Thesis]
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Abstract/Index
Rare earth elements are the 21st century oil. Rare earth elements are not exotic: the paradoxical nomenclature. Rare earth elements & transition: a skyrocketing demand for clean energy technologies. Rare earth elements and their contraposition to fossil fuels. Similarities and differences between rare earth elements and other strategic metals: cobalt and lithium. Reconciling the end with the mean: achieving climate neutrality through a sustainable transition. Geological concerns: emphasis on quality rather than quantity. Environmental concerns: the dark side of rare earth elements. Economic concerns: geography and price volatility, greenflation and other critical inputs. Geopolitical concerns: the security risk for Western supply-chain resilience. Geological solutions: improving the utmost importance of secondary supply. Environmental solutions: coping with the Rare Earth Elements’ dark side through recycling and reuse. Economic solutions: global sustainable investments in diversified supply sources. Geopolitical solutions: working toward a homogeneous approach. Global governance: IEA’s (and beyond) long-standing experience in balancing energy markets. Digging deep the pillars of the European green-tech transition and the European strategic autonomy in the defence industry. The race for critical raw materials: a heated decade. Green-tech transition is nothing without rare earth elements. The interdependence of the EU defence industry and REEs market. How neodymium, dysprosium and praseodymium global demand and dynamics will influence European security. Italy & the next frontiers of rare earth elements: what the future holds. The older and newer frontiers of rare earth elements. Italy and rare earth elements: geological, geopolitical, economic and security perspectives. The next frontiers of REEs: Greenland, the frozen land of metals. The next frontiers of REEs: Afghanistan, the Asian Eldorado. The next frontiers of REEs: outer space, the utopian land.
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Bibliografia: pp. 115-117. Sitografia: pp. 118-127.
| Thesis Type: | Master's Degree Thesis |
|---|---|
| Institution: | Luiss Guido Carli |
| Degree Program: | Master's Degree Programs > Master's Degree Program in International Relations (LM-52) |
| Chair: | Security policies |
| Thesis Supervisor: | Magrassi, Carlo |
| Thesis Co-Supervisor: | Giordano, Alfonso |
| Academic Year: | 2021/2022 |
| Session: | Summer |
| Deposited by: | Alessandro Perfetti |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Dec 2022 14:03 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Dec 2022 14:03 |
| URI: | https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/34347 |
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