Securitizing the Green Transition: Battery Supply Chains, Economic Security, and the Costs of Deglobalization
Published in Alternatives: Global, Local, Political (JCR Q2) — under review, 2026
Battery supply chains sit at the intersection of decarbonization policy and economic security, and have increasingly been framed as a strategic vulnerability rather than an industrial one. This paper examines that securitization move and asks what the resulting deglobalization costs the green transition.
Status: under review at Alternatives: Global, Local, Political.
Recommended citation: Chen, A.W.* (2026). "Securitizing the Green Transition: Battery Supply Chains, Economic Security, and the Costs of Deglobalization." Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, under review.
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