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Department of Economic & Resource Warfare
CNAWS Research Portfolio

Department of Economic & Resource Warfare Geoeconomics & Supply Chains

Investigating geoeconomic coercion, semiconductor chokepoints, critical rare-earth supply chains, financial weaponization, and national resource security.

Core Mandate

Strategic Research Pillars

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Semiconductor & Tech Geopolitics

Microchip sovereignty, export controls, fabrication dependencies, and technological decoupling.

02

Energy & Critical Mineral Security

Hydrocarbon supply routes, critical rare earths for defence manufacturing, and strategic transit corridors.

03

Sanctions & Financial Statecraft

Weaponized interdependence, trade embargoes, sovereign wealth security, and counter-sanction mechanisms.

Department Publications

Research Dossiers & Briefs

6 publications