Dr. Yannick Harrel

  On Wednesday, June 30, 2025, in Washington, the agreement on the mining of Ukraine's subsoil was signed by the United States. The document was initially scheduled for signing on February 28, 2025, during a meeting between the American and Ukrainian leaders, before tensions worsened after the meeting, particularly with Vice President James D. Vance. Canceled, deemed unfair, but subsequently pressed by the American authorities, the Ukrainian presidency decided to give in on a few points while claiming to safeguard national sovereignty over its underground resources. Although the terms of this agreement are not yet known [1], the broad outlines revealed suggest that the United States will have precedence over any other state regarding the prospecting, exploitation and development of Ukrainian subsoil. Publicized abroad due to highly proactive diplomacy, this policy nevertheless begins with the national territory and has its roots in Trump 's first presidency in 2016, reflect...

This triangular set draws its source from a systemic approach to the dynamic forces driving contemporary society. Since the invention of the wheel [1], transportation has been a means of controlling territories by the State wishing to exercise its prerogatives over them. Infrastructures have been developed in particular to allow the growth of trade but also - and above all - the rapid deployment in all axes of columns of soldiers: this was, is and will remain the norm for any power intending to keep its space under control [2]. It is up to any civilization to increase the transport network and maintain it at a sufficient level. Its cultural, economic, social, political, military, religious, scientific, etc. health depends on it. This network can be supplemented where appropriate by public and/or private local resource providers. By extension, the exploitation of the territory for the benefit of the resident group cannot be carried out without an efficient transport networ...