Post Conflict Development in Action
Post-Conflict Development in Action: Lithium Mining in Bolivia
Student Media Grant Program
SMGP Grantee: Joseph Bouchard
Joseph Bouchard was a graduate student at the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University and a geopolitical analyst from Quebec City, Canada when he received a Student Media Grant to conduct a program in Bolivia.
Photos were taken in the mining region of Bolivia, near Oruro, La Paz, and Potosí.
Final Report published in 2024:
Lithium and Conflict Politics in Bolivia: A Post-Trip Report
Final Report published by Joseph Bouchard – July 10, 2024
New Articles and Publications (2025)
Russia’s Energy Interests in the Central Andes: Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador
Bolivia’s Lithium Window is Closing Rapidly
La Razon Articles by Joseph Bouchard
Articles published in 2023-2024:
Bolivia, a un paso del default (Bolivia, One Step Away from Default)
Article by Joseph Bouchard – La Razón (Bolivian Newspaper) – March 1, 2024
Bolivia Lithium Contracts Make It Complicit in China’s Uyghur Abuses
Article by Joseph Bouchard and Yulina Goto – October 11, 2023
Bolivia and Iran’s New Security Partnership Hurts Israel
Article by Joseph Bouchard – August 8, 2023
China Keeping Details of Investment Deals From Bolivian Public and Congress, Sources Claim
Article by Joseph Bouchard – August 7, 2023
China Begins Lithium Extraction, Increases Mining Investment in Bolivia
Article by Joseph Bouchard – July 12, 2023
In Bolivia, China Signs Deal For World’s Largest Lithium Reserves
Article by Joseph Bouchard – February 10, 2023
Internal Report on Civil Society in Bolivia
Internal Report for the U.S. Department of Defense by Joseph Bouchard – September, 2023
Photos were taken in the mining region of Bolivia, near Oruro, La Paz, and Potosí.
