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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
Will Cummings
Research Associate, Center for the Future of Liberal Society
Mike Watson
Associate Director, Center for the Future of Liberal Society
Andrew Wilson
Research Associate, Center for the Future of Liberal Society