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The Critical Minerals Security Program aims to provide policy and thought leadership as the United States races to build the resilient minerals supply chains needed for national, economic, and energy security.

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The Geostrategic Importance of Alaska to the U.S.-Japan Alliance

Alaska’s geostrategic importance to the U.S.-Japan alliance is growing. Japan Chair Adjunct Fellow Shoichi Itoh analyzes how Alaska supports the economic security of both countries against the backdrop of great power rivalry.

Commentary by Shoichi Itoh — May 12, 2025

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Prospects for U.S. Minerals Engagement with Africa

Africa has significant reserves of key critical minerals required for national and energy security, and China is the biggest off-taker. The U.S.-led Minerals Security Partnership should partner with African countries to strengthen critical minerals security.

Commentary by Gracelin Baskaran — August 29, 2023

Six New BRICS: Implications for Energy Trade

Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa have invited six other countries to join the BRICS grouping next year to create a geopolitical counterweight to the G7. The move has important longer-term implications for energy investment and trade.

Critical Questions by Gracelin Baskaran and Ben Cahill — August 25, 2023

A U.S. Mineral Strategy for Global Energy Transition

A secure and reliable supply chain for critical minerals is essential for the U.S., and global energy transition. This event highlighted the CSIS research and key recommendations on how to complement and augment existing efforts to better characterize the risks of supply disruptions and grow robust supply chains for the minerals that will fuel the energy transition.

Transcript — July 21, 2023

A U.S. Mineral Strategy for Global Energy Transition

A secure and reliable supply chain for critical minerals is essential for the U.S., and global energy transition. This event will highlight the CSIS research and key recommendations on how to complement and augment existing efforts to better characterize the risks of supply disruptions and grow robust supply chains for the minerals that will fuel the energy transition.

Event — July 20, 2023

Building Larger and More Diverse Supply Chains for Energy Minerals

Challenges abound in the global race to secure minerals for the energy transition, but some opportunities are ripe for politically durable and economically sound policy prescriptions for U.S. leadership in growing and diversifying the global supply chains.  

Report by Joseph Majkut, Jane Nakano, Maria J. Krol-Sinclair, Thomas Hale, and Sophie Coste — July 19, 2023

Mineral Monopoly: China’s Control over Gallium Is a National Security Threat

China has secured a virtual monopoly over gallium, a critical mineral used to produce microchips in advanced military technologies. Failing to de-risk gallium supply chains could have serious security and economic consequences for the United States and its allies.

Digital Report by Matthew P. Funaiole, Brian Hart, and Aidan Powers-Riggs — July 18, 2023

Innovation Lightbulb: Critical Minerals and the U.S.-China Chip War

Following the announcement of impending Chinese export controls on gallium and germanium—two critical minerals in the production of advanced semiconductors—questions are circling about the effect these controls could have on U.S. chip supply chain resiliency and the broader U.S.-China technology competition.

Newsletter by Bailey Crane — July 14, 2023