China's Critical Minerals Stranglehold: 12-Month Window Closing
China's 2025-2026 export controls on rare earths, tungsten, and antimony have triggered sixfold price spikes and cut European license approvals below 25%. The U.S. launched...
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China's 2025-2026 export controls on rare earths, tungsten, and antimony have triggered sixfold price spikes and cut European license approvals below 25%. The U.S. launched...
South Korea's ex-President Yoon Suk-yeol receives 30 additional years for ordering drone flights over North Korea to provoke a crisis and justify martial law in 2024.
Europe's NATO allies commit to 3.5% GDP defense spending by 2035, pushing budgets toward €800 billion annually. But industrial fragmentation, a 25% engineer retirement rate,...
FORGE and Project Vault mobilize $30B+ to counter China's rare earth dominance. With $6.5T in global economic activity at risk and a November 2026 deadline, can the West...
Europe's defense budgets approach €800 billion by 2030 after NATO's 3.5% GDP pledge. Labor shortages, industrial fragmentation, and supply-chain bottlenecks threaten the...
In February 2026, the U.S. launched FORGE, a 54-nation coalition with $30B+ financing to challenge China's 90% rare earth processing dominance. Can coordinated price floors and...