Charles A. Ray
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Critical Minerals
February 23, 2026
A Conundrum: Strategic Minerals and a Peripheral Africa
The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy (NSS), publicly issued in early December 2025, focused primarily on the survival of the United...
Charles A. Ray • Foreign Policy Research Institute
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