Powering Competition: Energy Vulnerability, Economic Coercion, and the Geopolitics of the Global Lithium Battery Supply Chain

• In Event: Energy, Technology, and Economic Foreign Policy

Brief Overview

This study analyzes how U.S.–China rivalry over lithium battery supply chains shapes economic coercion and energy security, revealing how renewable energy transitions redefine power, vulnerability, and strategic competition in global trade.

Authors

• Hye Ryeon Jang, Morehouse College

• Myles Ndiritu, Morehouse College