The Global Battle for Resources in Fürth: Experience Geopolitics Up Close

World Politics at Your Fingertips: The Global Battle for Resources in Fürth

When metals become scarce, geopolitics becomes tangible: The global battle for resources brings the power question behind high-tech, industry, and supply security to the forefront at vhs Fürth on October 15, 2026. The lecture with Georg Escher connects foreign policy, economics, and global dependencies into a dense event experience for anyone wanting to better understand current world politics. ([vhs-fuerth.de](https://www.vhs-fuerth.de/p/gesellschaft-junge-vhs/politische-bildung/zeitgeschichte-477-CAT-KAT354))

Resources as the Silent Engine of the Global Economy

Smartphones, cars, airplanes, and televisions only work because rare earths and other metals remain available in complex supply chains. The evening will show how much industrial nations strive for these resources, why extraction is often associated with massive environmental consequences and problematic working conditions, and why China already holds a dominant position in many metals. ([vhs-fuerth.de](https://www.vhs-fuerth.de/p/gesellschaft-junge-vhs/politische-bildung/zeitgeschichte-477-CAT-KAT354))

An Evening for Political Context and Clear Perspectives

Georg Escher, as a long-time foreign policy editor at Nürnberger Nachrichten, journalist, speaker, and moderator, brings extensive expertise from the current geopolitical debate. This expertise shapes the lecture: analytical, understandable, and closely related to the issues driving Europe, trade, and security policy. ([vhs-fuerth.de](https://www.vhs-fuerth.de/p/gesellschaft-junge-vhs/politische-bildung/zeitgeschichte-477-CAT-KAT354))

The vhs Fürth as a Suitable Venue

The event location is vhs Fürth at Hirschenstraße 27/29 in 90762 Fürth. The building is accessible without barriers via the inner courtyard, has an elevator and disabled parking; thus, it provides a well-reachable environment for an evening of focused political education. ([fuerth.de](https://www.fuerth.de/service-fuerther-rathaus/aemter-von-a-bis-z/detail/vhs-fuerth-314950/?utm_source=openai))

What Visitors Can Expect

Anyone who wants to understand why resources have long become the strategic currency of world politics will find a compact, accessible lecture with depth here. The audience can expect a factual, lively contextualization that makes global power relations visible and sharpens the view on the future of supply. ([vhs-fuerth.de](https://www.vhs-fuerth.de/p/gesellschaft-junge-vhs/politische-bildung/zeitgeschichte-477-CAT-KAT354))

Conclusion: This evening in Fürth promises clear analysis instead of buzzwords, international connections instead of superficial explanations, and an event with real insight. Anyone wanting to experience resource policy live and informed should mark the date of October 15, 2026. ([vhs-fuerth.de](https://www.vhs-fuerth.de/p/gesellschaft-junge-vhs/politische-bildung/zeitgeschichte-477-CAT-KAT354))

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• vhs Fürth - Program Brochure 2026