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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)
Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Marlene Laruelle is a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and an Associate Scholar of the French Center for Russian, Caucas
Marlene Laruelle is a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and an Associate Scholar of the French Center for Russian, Caucasian and East- European Studies in Paris.