Article "Industrins långa skugga över geopolitiken" (Industry’s Long Shadow Over Geopolitics)
The article is wrtitten by Ann-Kristin Berquist (Department of Economic History, UU) and is published on EFN Ekonomikanalen och Finansmagasinet, February 2026.
The article is written in Swedish and argues that history shows that industrial power is rarely market‑neutral. From coal and steel to oil and electricity, great powers have risen through control of resources and production. The green transition follows the same pattern — with new winners and losers