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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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The New Economics of War: Cheap Drones, Asymmetric Threats, and the Democratization of Destruction

Archive, Strategic Adversariesairspace surveillance, Asia-Pacific, asymmetric threats, cheap drones, commercial components, commercial drone technology, cost-exchange ratio, criminal networks, critical infrastructure, defense strategies. , democratization of destruction, domestic production ecosystems, economic inversion, extremist groups, FPV drones, gray zone conflict, insurgent movements, Japan, logistics, loitering munitions, maritime security, Modern warfare, non-state actors, open-source software, precision strikes, scalable countermeasures, shipping lanes, Southeast Asia, target detection, technology transfer, Terra A1 interceptor, Terra Drone Corporation, terrorist organizations, UAVs, Ukraine, unmanned aerial vehicles

The New Economics of War: Cheap Drones, Asymmetric Threats, and the Democratization of Destruction

Andrey Koval0 Comments

Published: May 28, 2026 In the past three years, the war in Ukraine has marked a decisive turning point in global security. Low-cost, mass-produced unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become…

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AI Defense Start-ups

AI & Deterrence, Archive, Strategic AdversariesAI Defense Start-ups, AI programming companies, AI-focused defense companies, aid packages, Airbus, BAE, boot camps, Brave1 initiative, Darkstar Coalition, defense companies, defense contractors, drone swarm programs, drones, engagement range, engineers, Europe, European tech start-ups, field testing, funding, German AI company, Helsing, HX-2 attack drones, investors, larger manned vehicles, Lockheed Martin, military experts, missile systems, Modern warfare, networking, production cost, reconnaissance drones, resilience factories, Russian invasion, Russian Lancet drone, signal disruption, swarm missions, Swarmer, technical advice, technological advances, UAVs, Ukraine, Ukrainian defense budget, unmanned aerial vehicles, ZALA

AI Defense Start-ups

Raphael Chiswick1 Comment

As the recent war in Ukraine makes abundantly clear, unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, are firmly established as a key tool of modern warfare. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine…

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