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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)
Global Economy
Global Economy
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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at a press conference in Canberra on September 20, 2015. (PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Business people watch an electric board indicating the foreign currency of 114.59-62 yen against the US dollar at a foreign exchange brokers on December 6, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan. (Junko Kimura/Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping views an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony inside the Great Hall of the People on March 26, 2015 in Beijing, China. (Feng Li/Getty Images)
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Pope Francis arrives at St Peter's square in the Vatican to lead his weekly general audience on September 16, 2015. (VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images)
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Chinese soldiers pass in front of Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City during a military parade on September 3, 2015 in Beijing, China. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
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Italian PM Matteo Renzi gives a press conference on February 19, 2014, at Montecitorio Palace, Rome. (ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images)
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Sao Paulo's Stocks Exchange (Bovespa) headquarters in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, on August 24, 2015. (Miguel Schincariol/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Senior Fellow
