
Gracelin Baskaran is director of the Critical Minerals Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). She is a mining economist, and her primary expertise is in critical minerals and trade. She began her career in South Africa’s platinum belt. She later spent five years at the World Bank in South Africa, where she coauthored the book Africa’s Resource Future: Harnessing Natural Resources for Economic Transformation during the Low-Carbon Transition. She was a Fulbright Scholar and has also held positions at the University of Cambridge, University of London, and University of Cape Town. Dr. Baskaran is now writing a book on an international strategy for critical minerals engagement for the United States. She has been cited as an expert in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Politico, Fox, Bloomberg, Foreign Policy, and the U.S. International Trade Commission, among others. She has also published over 150 op-eds and columns, policy reports, and white papers and published research in the Mineral Economics journal. She is a regular speaker at leading international mining and energy conferences, universities, and policymaker forums, and she has testified before Congress. Dr. Baskaran holds a doctorate from the University of Cambridge.
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Trump puts energy on front lines of ‘resource war’
Gracelin Baskaran and Thibault Denamiel in POLITICO — February 12, 2025
Is the U.S.-Ukraine Rare-Earth Deal All Talk?
Gracelin Baskaran in Foreign Policy — February 12, 2025
A major Alaska mine could end up in the crossfire of Trump’s trade war with Canada
Gracelin Baskaran in Alaska Beacon — February 7, 2025
Trump wants a deal for Ukraine’s natural resources as ‘payback’ in exchange for aid stopping Russia attack: envoy
Gracelin Baskaran in New York Post — February 7, 2025
Xi Jinping swings his “assassin’s mace” of economic warfare
Gracelin Baskaran and Meredith Schwartz in The Economist — February 6, 2025
South African official: ‘Let’s withhold minerals to the US’
Gracelin Baskaran in POLITICO — February 4, 2025
Tariffs On Canadian Minerals Will Hurt U.S. Defense Sector, CSIS Says
Gracelin Baskaran in Aviation Week — January 31, 2025
Why does Donald Trump want Greenland? Behind the ‘strong, deliberate’ message to China
Gracelin Baskaran in New York Post — January 7, 2025
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Building Critical Mineral Security for a Sustainable Future
Global Foresight: Preparing for Future Trends
U.S.-Canada Mineral Cooperation for a Competitive Domestic Automotive Industry
Event — February 28, 2025
Launch Event: Critical Minerals and the Future of the U.S. Economy
Event — February 27, 2025
Critical Minerals and the Future of the U.S. Economy
Report by Gracelin Baskaran and Duncan Wood — February 10, 2025
Fueling the Future: Recommendations for Strengthening U.S. Uranium Security
Brief by Gracelin Baskaran and Meredith Schwartz — February 5, 2025
Canadian Tariffs Will Undermine U.S. Minerals Security
Podcast Episode by Gracelin Baskaran — January 31, 2025

POSTPONED: The Future of Uranium to Jumpstart Nuclear Power in the 21st Century: A Fireside Conversation with Miriam D'Onofrio
Event — January 29, 2025
Canadian Tariffs Will Undermine U.S. Minerals Security
Commentary by Gracelin Baskaran — January 29, 2025