From the West to the Rest. Changing Patterns on Global Metals and Mineral Markets: A Need for a Global Dialogue on Raw Materials in a Changing World
Stormy-Annika Mildner
Executive Director, The Aspen Institute Germany
Stormy-Annika Mildner is the executive director at the Aspen Institute Germany and a Geoeconomics Non-Resident Senior Fellow at AICGS. She was Sherpa of the Business 20 (B20), the official Engagement Partner of the German G20 Presidency and Head of the External Economic Policy Department at the Federation of German Industries (BDI).
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As new technologies develop and economies emerge, the concept of risk is evolving to meet twenty-first century realities. No longer only the purview of economic and financial markets, or terrorism and crime, risk analysis must now consider resource and raw materials supply and management as well. Our demands for energy, technology, and development have altered the dynamics of the raw materials markets, such that global governance is necessary to ease international tensions. The United States and European Union, both dependent on imports, are searching for ways to ease their supply vulnerability and mitigate risks.
