Securitizing Energy Resources and Critical Raw Materials: Natural Gas and Rare Earths (Transforming Environmental Politics and Policy)

Securitizing Energy Resources and Critical Raw Materials explores what it takes for a natural resource to become securitized, and a source of conflict, through the examples of rare earths and natural gas. Under what circumstances do natural resources become securitized?Why have rare earths and natural gas become securitized?Why have rare earths gradually made it to the limelight of the international security agenda?How does this affect the behaviour of great powers such as the USA and China?The aim of this book is to answer questions like these through an array of case studies, such as the Rare Earth Crisis in 2010, climate securitization during President Biden’s administration, rare earths securitization during President Trump's current administration (2025-2029), natural gas securitization during the Russo-Ukrainian dispute, as well as natural gas securitization in the Eastern Mediterranean.Through analysing the securitization process and the actors’ behaviour in each of the cases an