Critical Mineral Supply Chains Beyond Lithium and Strategic Competition
The international debate surrounding critical minerals has become increasingly concentrated on lithium and rare earth elements, yet the strategic landscape now extends far beyond these headline commodities. Industrial powers have entered a broader phase of competition in which copper, antimony, graphite, molybdenum, tungsten
Crisis Capitalism in a Time of War Africa’s Unexpected Ascent and the Ethics of Geoeconomic Opportunity
The eruption of the US–Israel–Iran conflict has produced a deeply unsettling duality in the global order, because while images of destruction, displacement, and human suffering dominate the moral imagination of the world, a quieter yet equally consequential process is unfolding within the structures