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Critical Minerals Ministerial Introduces New International Cooperation Strategy
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (594+ words) Critical Questions by Gracelin Baskaran and Meredith Schwartz Published February 13, 2026 Q1: What is FORGE? Q2: What was the discussion around price floors and price support mechanisms during the Critical Minerals Ministerial? A2: Addressing price volatility emerged as a central theme of the Critical…...
Hindering Economic Prosperity? Vietnam’s Illegal Sand Mining Industry | New Perspectives on Asia | CSIS
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (1354+ words) Hindering Economic Prosperity? Vietnam's Illegal Sand Mining Industry'CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies Hindering Economic Prosperity? Vietnam's Illegal Sand Mining Industry Blog Post by Lauren Mai Published March 18, 2026 Vietnam is currently undergoing rapid economic growth, with ambitions to become…...
China’s Rare Earth Campaign Against Japan
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (127+ words) Published January 13, 2026 Q1: How have tensions between Japan and China escalated in the period leading up to the most recent export restrictions? Q2: What is distinctive about the latest iteration of Chinese export controls? Q3: How reliant is Japan on Chinese rare earth…...
New Executive Order Ties U.S. Critical Minerals Security to Global Partnerships
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (197+ words) Published January 15, 2026 Q1: How does the EO shape U.S. policy toward critical minerals? A1: The EO is focused on international trade of processed critical minerals, rather than upstream extraction, given the concentration of processing capabilities in China. It specifically notes that "Mining a…...
Securing Critical Mineral Supply: A Government–Industry Dialogue | CSIS Events
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (201+ words) In-person attendance to this event is by invitation-only. We welcome you to join us virtually for public sessions. Over the past year, the United States has pursued commercial diplomacy and international partnerships as key pillars of its strategy to strengthen…...
What’s in the New U.S.-Saudi Minerals Agreement?
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (403+ words) Critical Questions by Gracelin Baskaran Published November 19, 2025 Q1: Why is U.S.-Saudi minerals cooperation important to reducing China's leverage with heavy rare earths? Q2: How does the new joint venture between the U.S. Department of War, MP Materials, and Saudi Arabia's Maaden advance U.S.-Saudi…...
Canada May Be the United States’ Best Hope for Minerals Security
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (100+ words) Commentary by Christopher Hernandez-Roy and Henry Ziemer Published June 12, 2025 Despite these headwinds, there are a number of areas where the United States and Canada can cooperate to bolster North American minerals security as a whole. Christopher Hernandez-Roy is a senior…...
Ten Years of C5+1: U.S.–Central Asia Minerals Cooperation
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (128+ words) Commentary by Gracelin Baskaran and Kamal Aubakirov Published November 4, 2025 Although the United States has found it difficult to deepen ties with a region that is both geographically distant and strategically situated between its two primary rivals'China and Russia'Central Asia will…...
Unpacking the U.S.-Australia Critical Minerals Framework Agreement
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (537+ words) Critical Questions by Gracelin Baskaran and Kessarin Horvath Published October 20, 2025 President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have signed a landmark Critical Minerals Framework, marking a major step toward advancing both nations" ambitions for energy and minerals dominance....
The Future of U.S.-Australia Critical Minerals Cooperation
7+ mon, 3+ day ago (1328+ words) Transcript " August 20, 2025 This transcript is from a CSIS event hosted on August 20, 2025. Watch the full video below. Gracelin Baskaran: Thank you for joining us today. My name is Gracelin Baskaran, and I'm the director of the Critical Minerals Security Program…...