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Chapter 2: Critical minerals

2026

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Critical minerals are evolving from industrial inputs to strategic chokepoints, fundamentally reshaping global power dynamics and national security.

* Explores the strategic importance of critical minerals in defense, technology, and clean energy.
* Analyzes China's dominance in processing and its geopolitical leverage.
* Examines global responses and future scenarios for critical mineral supply chains.

Critical minerals, China, supply chains, geopolitics, infrastructure realism

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