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China’s Critical Mineral Strategy and the Structure of Strategic Competition

Archive, Defense & Security, Economics & Trade, Government & Politics, Strategic AdversariesAfrica, alternative materials, China, China–Japan Rare Earths dispute, cobalt, copper, critical minerals, defense procurement, domestic production, economic coercion, electric vehicles, export, export restrictions, F-35 fighter jets, geopolitical security, graphite, industrial production, investment planning, lithium, military aircraft, mineral reserves, mining, National defense, price volatility, processing dominance, radar systems, rare Earth minerals, recycling technologies, refining, refining infrastructure, semiconductors, solar panels, stockpiles, strategic competition, strategic vulnerability, submarines, supply chain, supply chain diversification, Tomahawk missiles, U.S. dependency, unmanned aerial vehicles

China’s Critical Mineral Strategy and the Structure of Strategic Competition

Holden Johansen0 Comments

Published: July 2, 2026 China's dominance of the rare-earth mineral supply chain gives Beijing a powerful tool of economic coercion against rival states. Vital rare-earth minerals like cobalt, copper, lithium,…

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Ukraine’s Drone Attack: What It Means

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Emerging Threats, Strategic Adversariesairfields, anti-air defenses, anti-drone technology, armed drones, asymmetric drone warfare, asymmetric threats, Club-K container concept, communication, covert operations, infrastructure defense, Iran, Israel, military installations, military targets, National Institute for Deterrence Studies. , nuclear installations, Pacific conflict, pre-placement, Russia, shipping containers, signals intelligence, SIM cards, soft targets, solar panels, Spiderweb drone attack, strategic bombers, suppression of enemy air defense (SEAD), Ukraine, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), US Air Force, US Navy

Ukraine’s Drone Attack: What It Means

Michael Fincher0 Comments

The recent Ukrainian “Spiderweb” drone attack on Russian airfields that destroyed a number of strategic bombers proved the utility of asymmetric drone warfare. Taking the Russian “Club-K” container concept, with…

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