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Project Vault: Trump’s Bold Plan To Stop China From Starving Our Military
4+ hour, 4+ min ago (347+ words) Vice President, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute Practically everything we manufacture now requires some quantity of rare earth elements, and we are almost entirely at the mercy of the PRC for them. Project Vault is designed to further insulate…...
Why U.S. Critical Mineral Security Depends on the South Pacific
1+ week, 1+ day ago (679+ words) Research Assistant, Asian Studies Center Policy Analyst, Economic Policy, Center for Data Analysis China holds unmatched global leverage through its dominance of the rare earths, a particularly useful subset of critical minerals. The Cook Islands have been eager to pursue…...
A Critical Mineral in a Critical Moment: The Antimony Crisis
8+ mon, 1+ day ago (470+ words) Research Assistant, Allison Center for National Security Today, there are no viable domestic mining operations of antimony in the United States. To meet defense industry needs, the Trump administration has prioritized reviving domestic antimony production. Washington must remember that the…...
Trump’s Interest in Deep-Sea Mining in the Face of Global Pressure
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (1425+ words) Seabed mining doesn't normally attract much media attention, but President Donald Trump's executive order (EO) on the topic, issued on April 24, changed that in a hurry. "A Trump executive order will unleash a global deep-sea mining boom," a recent Economist…...