HCSS Strategic Analysts Irina Patrahau and Ron Stoop were invited to speak at a conference in Bucharest to present their upcoming paper on geopolitical vulnerabilities for battery chemistries.
The conference was called ‘The Long View and the Short in Building Resilience: Natural Resources and Geoeconomics in the 21st Century“. Held at the University of Bucharest from the 30–31st May 2025.
The panel that both Irina and Ron took part in was called: ‘Economic Resilience, Resource Scarcity, and Global Supply Chains’ moderated by Paul Dragoș Aligică (University of Bucharest)
Panelists:
– Giampaolo Garzarelli (Sapienza Roma) – The Case of the Biopiracy of Brazilian Rubber Seeds
– Ioan Florin Voicu, Dragoș Cristian Diaconu, Daniel Constantin Diaconu (University of Bucharest / Academia de Studii Economice) – Long and Short-Term Vision in Building Resilience: Natural Resources and Geo-Economy in the 21st Century – Off-Grid, On-Demand
– Carola Frey (Euro-Atlantic Resilience Centre (E-ARC), Bucharest) – China’s Global Hunt for Rare Resources: When One Nation’s Strategy Shapes Another’s Resilience
– Marcela Țușca (University of Bucharest) – Republic of Moldova – The Strengths and Liabilities of Interdependence
– Claudia Postelnicescu (University of Bucharest) – How the Energy Crisis in Europe Shapes the New Geopolitical Landscape. Is Russia the Villain?
– Ron Stoop, Irina Patrahau (The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies) – Securing battery raw materials in a multipolar world order: opportunities and risks for Europe
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