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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)
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Bronze medalist Japanese team members at the medal ceremony of the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon on September 22, 2014. (INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images)
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David Asher
Senior Fellow
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
