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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
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Paramilitary policemen patrol in front of Tiananmen Gate on November 17, 2013 in Beijing, China. (Feng Li/Getty Images)
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Australian Governor General Peter Cosgrove (R) with China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan, as she holds a wombat in the grounds of Government House on November 17, 2014 in Canberra, Australia. (David Gray - Pool/Getty Images)
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A red lantern lamp is seen in front of the Apple's Beijing flagship store on January 13, 2012 in Beijing, China. (Feng Li/Getty Images)
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South Korean protesters during an anti-Japan rally in front of the Japanese embassy on December 27, 2013 in Seoul, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
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China's President Xi Jinping reviews the guard of honour upon his arrival at Planalto Palace on July 17, 2014 in Brasilia. (NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Leslie Lindeman, a motor man for Raven Drilling, works on an oil rig drilling into the Bakken shale formation on July 28, 2013 outside Watford City, North Dakota. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Senior Fellow
