This event was an examination of the relationship of extractive industries to conflict, shifts in geo-economic and geopolitical power, international and domestic disparities, and governance.  

The workshop addressed the following areas of importance regarding the extractive industries and their relationship to geopolitics and geoeconomics:

Can we identify shared interests in respect of the handling of resource assets, exploitation, supplier and user needs that might permit some agreement between the major powers (if not more generally between governments) on behaviour that would improve stability and fairness?

What are the principles and rules that experienced and practical people from the range of relevant perspectives would urge on the leading states to enhance the prospects of avoiding the negatives and fostering the positives in how the dynamics of the resource sector affect peace, stability and fairness?

What might motivate a real commitment to compliance by the powers with some agreed rules; and what are the international mechanisms for their implementation and even enforcement?

How do strategies in the Asian setting vis a vis the U.S. and U.S.-allied countries that are on the transportation routes traveled for supply of resources inbound (and manufactured goods outbound) affect security strategy generally?

What influence do the cycles of pricing that changed Russian capacities and strategies (even as recently as Ukraine) have on a security architecture for Europe and the North Atlantic?