Ocean Geopolitics Centre

Area of Action

Global Power Transitions and Emerging International Order

The international system is undergoing profound transformation. The Centre analyzes shifts in global power, the emergence of new actors, multipolarity, technological competition, economic realignment, and the future of international governance. Research seeks to understand how these transformations affect the Atlantic region and how states, institutions, and societies can adapt to an increasingly complex global environment.

Publications and activities

The Centre’s work in this area

Research Reports 30 September 2026

Geological Formation, Distribution and Strategic Importance of Underwater Rare Earth-Rich Soils

Luiz Chaves

The twenty-first century has witnessed an unprecedented demand for critical minerals driven by the global transition toward renewable energy, digital transformation, advanced manufacturing, and national security technologies. Among these resources, rare earth elements (REEs) have emerged as some of the most strategically significant materials in…

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Maritime Briefings 15 September 2026

Bering and the Geography of Tomorrow’s Vulnerability: From Maritime Chokepoints to the Concept of the Latent Chokepoint

Artur Victoria

Globalisation has transformed the scale of international commerce without abolishing one of its oldest constraints: geography. The contemporary world economy may operate through digital communications, instantaneous financial transactions and production networks extending across continents, but the physical movement of energy, raw materials and manufactured goods…

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