Explainer Series
What role do Australia and Canada play in global resource politics?
July 2025
Dr Heather Exner-Pirot is a Senior Fellow and Director of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Special Advisor to the Business Council of Canada, Managing Editor of the Arctic Yearbook, Research Advisor to the Indigenous Resource Network, and Global Fellow at the Wilson Centre in Washington D.C.
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Dr Heather Exner-Pirot highlights the strategic role of resource-rich democracies like Canada and Australia in securing global critical mineral and energy supply chains during turbulent geopolitical times.