A new trade deal with the United States demonstrates how Indonesia’s nickel sector is no longer merely an industrial policy instrument – it is a geopolitical lever.

China’s clean-energy exports are dominating in the Global South, such that it is now being called an ‘electrostate.’ But this economic success story is giving rise to new political dependencies that ...

A new antidumping duty targeting Russian palladium seeks to insulate US domestic capacity of a critical mineral that plays an ...

Israeli strikes on Iran: recent attacks on critical water and energy infrastructure, evidence of Iran’s ‘mosaic defense’ in ...

Short-term, the policy of arming and supporting ethnic proxies could hasten the demise of the Islamic regime in Iran. But the ...

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has moved from contingency planning into operational reality, unleashing cascading effects across a swathe of commodities markets.

Like early hopes of people power standing in for boots on the ground, war by proxy is a beguiling idea: it’s hands off, ...

Examining over 75 years of relations between the United States and the Republic of China (Taiwan) – a core relationship characterized by a mix of empowerment and constraint.