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  1. AI’s energy paradox: Governing the trilemma of security, justice, and sustainability

    Article • The Extractive Industries and Society, March 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  2. Narrative warfare in critical minerals: Information manipulation and governance challenges

    Article • The Extractive Industries and Society, March 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  3. Strategic Shift Towards Sustainable Energy Security in Japan

    Article • January 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  4. There is nothing artificial about intelligence: consciousness, symbiosis and the collapse of the human–machine divide

    Article • AI & Society, December 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  5. Chile's lithium exceptionalism: Strategic legacies and the contested future of the Salar de Maricunga

    Article • Energy Research & Social Science, December 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  6. Navigating ASEAN’s critical materials future: Opportunities, risks and strategic imperatives

    Article • Mineral Economics, October 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  7. Deglobalization and the rehabilitation of Western defense industrial sovereignty

    Article • Comparative Strategy, September 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  8. Geopolitics and mine waste: An overview and future research directions

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, June 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  9. Lithium at the crossroads: geopolitical, economic, and socio-environmental complexities of the Jadar project in Serbia

    Article • Mineral Economics, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  10. Securing defense critical minerals: Challenges and U.S. strategic responses in an evolving geopolitical landscape

    Article • Comparative Strategy, March 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  11. Energy security

    Article • November 2024, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  12. Uncharted depths: Navigating the energy security potential of deep-sea mining

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, October 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  13. 50 years of Resources Policy: A bibliometric analysis

    Article • Resources Policy, September 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  14. Casting Ambiguity: Securitization of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena in the United States

    Article • Alternatives Global Local Political, May 2024, SAGE Publications

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  15. A critical minerals perspective on the emergence of geopolitical trade blocs

    Article • Resources Policy, February 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  16. Lithium nexus: Energy, geopolitics, and socio-environmental impacts in Mexico's Sonora project

    Article • Energy Research & Social Science, February 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  17. “Friend-shoring” as a panacea to Western critical mineral supply chain vulnerabilities

    Article • Mineral Economics, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  18. ‘Water Wars’: strategic implications of the grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

    Article • Conflict Security and Development, July 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  19. Narco drones: tracing the evolution of cartel aerial tactics in Mexico’s low-intensity conflicts

    Article • Small Wars and Insurgencies, June 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  20. Friend-shoring and critical minerals: Exploring the role of the Minerals Security Partnership

    Article • Energy Research & Social Science, June 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  21. Oil Theft, Energy Security and Energy Transition in Mexico

    Article • Resources, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  22. LNG export diversification and demand security: A comparative study of major exporters

    Article • Energy Policy, November 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  23. Australia’s Energy Security and Statecraft in an Era of Strategic Competition

    Article • Energies, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  24. A sustainable future for mining by 2030? Insights from an expert focus group

    Article • The Extractive Industries and Society, November 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  25. Country-level governance frameworks for mining-induced resettlement

    Article • Environment Development and Sustainability, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  26. Regulating the social aspects of mine closure in three Australian states

    Article • Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law, June 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  27. LNG import diversification and energy security in Asia

    Article • Energy Policy, June 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  28. How do national mining industry associations compare on sustainable development?

    Article • The Extractive Industries and Society, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  29. ‘Steady as She Goes’: Effect of the Fukushima Disaster on Australia-Japan Relations

    Article • Asian International Studies Review, December 2018, International Studies Review

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  30. Industry and government responses to unconventional gas development in Australia

    Article • The Extractive Industries and Society, November 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  31. Energy security issues in Asia

    Article • October 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  32. Sino-Japanese competition and energy security

    Article • July 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  33. Chinese–Japanese Competition and the East Asian Security Complex

    Article • July 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  34. Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in the Mining Industry

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  35. Investment Decision-Making Tools for the Mining, Oil, Gas, and Infrastructure Sectors

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  36. Mergers and Acquisitions: The Politics of Megadeals in the Mining Industry

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  37. Natural Gas

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  38. Regulatory Regimes, Foreign Mining Investment, and Risk in the Asia-Pacific Region: Comparative Evaluation and Policy Implications

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  39. Myanmar’s extractive industries: An institutional and regulatory assessment

    Article • The Extractive Industries and Society, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  40. Energy Security in Japan

    Article • April 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  41. The Political Economy of Natural Resources and Development

    Article • February 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  42. Problems of regulatory governance in the mining sector in Asia

    Article • Transnational Corporations, December 2015, United Nations Publications

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  43. Energy Security in East Asia

    Article • July 2015, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  44. State-Market Interaction in Hydrocarbon Sector: The Cases of Australia and Japan

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  45. Nuclear Policy and Regulation in Japan after Fukushima: Navigating the Crisis

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Asia, November 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  46. Natural gas in Asia: Trade, markets and regional institutions

    Article • Energy Policy, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  47. International political economy: A field born of the OPEC crisis returns to its energy roots

    Article • Energy Research & Social Science, March 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  48. LNG import diversification in Asia

    Article • Energy Strategy Reviews, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  49. How Global Companies Make National Regulations

    Article • March 2013, Wiley

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  50. A Comparison of Chinese, Indian, and Japanese Perceptions of Energy Security

    Article • Asian Survey, October 2012, University of California Press

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  51. Japan’s energy security predicament post-Fukushima

    Article • Energy Policy, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  52. Bargaining Model for the International Oil Industry

    Article • Business and Politics, December 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  53. Oil Import Diversification in Northeast Asia: A Comparison Between China and Japan

    Article • Journal of East Asian Studies, August 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  54. Determinants of foreign direct investment in the mining sector in Asia: A comparison between China and India

    Article • Resources Policy, March 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  55. Evaluating energy security in the Asia-Pacific region: A novel methodological approach

    Article • Energy Policy, September 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  56. Book reviews

    Article • Australian Journal Of International Affairs, April 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  57. International oil companies, US Government and energy security policy: an interest-based analysis

    Article • International Journal of Global Energy Issues, January 2010, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  58. Resource Nationalism, Bargaining and International Oil Companies: Challenges and Change in the New Millennium

    Article • New Political Economy, December 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  59. Diversification of oil import sources and energy security: A key strategy or an elusive objective?

    Article • Energy Policy, November 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  60. China challenges global capitalism

    Article • Australian Journal Of International Affairs, March 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  61. Assessment of the Governance Performance of the Regulatory Regime Governing Foreign Mining Investment in the Philippines

    Article • Minerals and Energy - Raw Materials Report, September 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  62. State–Market Interaction in Hydrocarbon Sector

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vlado Vivoda

  63. Shale Gas and the Energy Policy ‘Trilemma’

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Dr Vlado Vivoda