Natural Resources Conflicts: Regimes, Markets and Transnational Governance in the 20th Century

Power struggles over natural resources have exerted a strong impact on
international relations throughout the 20th century. After the first
World War, the availability of resources such as petroleum, coal, gas or
water became a decisive element of geostrategic planning and military
conflict. Colonial wars, ethnic conflicts and the struggle for economic
hegemony were fueled by the need to gain access to natural resources.
Population growth and the spread of industrialization steadily increased
the global demand for natural resources, highlighting their scarcity and
finiteness. After World War II, new forms of global governance emerged
to regulate transnational infrastructure, price regimes and distribution
systems. Actors in the global resource market increasingly dominated
economic relations through international cartels and asymmetric
agreements.

This conference focuses on the transnational history of (non-renewable)
natural resources throughout the 20th century.

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