critical minerals
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China’s Objections at the United States-Hosted G20 Finance Meeting and the Limits of Manufactured Multilateral Consensus
An examination of the institutional, strategic and economic drivers behind Beijing’s refusal to endorse language on trade imbalances, non-market policies and critical supply chains in the chair’s statement issued after the Asheville gathering Editorial Analysis | September 2026 In the closing days of the United States G20 presidency’s finance track, finance ministers and central bank… Continue reading
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Kenya at the Centre: How Mineral Logistics, Health Security, and Defence Diplomacy Are Reshaping East African Alignment
Reading Nairobi’s Simultaneous Bets on Washington, Paris, the Gulf, and Khartoum’s Rivals Against the Wider Contest for Africa’s Resources and Routes Editorial Analysis | June 2026 I. THE CORRIDOR CONTEST: TWO RAILWAYS, ONE COPPERBELT The clearest material stake in East and Central Africa’s near future runs along two competing railway corridors converging on the same… Continue reading
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The New Scramble For Africa: How Fragmentation Serve Empire’s Latest Phase
The continent’s territory and minerals have become the currency of a multipolar contest – one in which the old colonial powers, rising Gulf states, and rival hegemons each pursue distinct but overlapping strategies of extraction and containment Introduction: The Return of the Scramble – But Not As We Knew It The spectacle of great powers… Continue reading
African geopolitics, Belt and Road Initiative, China-Africa relations, corridor geopolitics, critical minerals, ECOWAS withdrawal, empire and fragmentation, Ethiopia fragmentation, France Africa policy, great power rivalry, Kenya diplomacy, military basing, mineral diplomacy, Morocco Western Sahara, resource competition, resource-for-security deals, RSF Sudan, Russia-Africa relations, Sahel rupture, StraitBelt doctrine, Sudan partition, Tanzania mineral logistics, UAE influence, US National Security Strategy, Western Sahara -
Tungsten Prices Soar as China’s Export Controls Threaten Western Economies and Military Supply Chains
Tungsten, vital for weapons and industry, is becoming increasingly scarce under export bans and geopolitical pressure Industrial metals markets are under severe strain as demand rises sharply and supply tightens across key inputs. Prices for strategic materials linked to defence production have moved higher across global markets since late 2024. The London Metal Exchange and… Continue reading
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Oil or Silver: The Real Stakes Behind Maduro’s Removal
JPMorgan bank, physical silver, and the geopolitical logic of Venezuela intervention points to China The removal of Venezuela’s head of state coincided with acute stress inside the global silver market and with mounting exposure among Western financial institutions heavily reliant on synthetic precious metals trading. The alignment of these events places silver, rather than oil… Continue reading
