Environment

Crystals of gallium are seen in a laboratory at the TU Bergakademie in Freiberg, Germany, on September 13, 2023. (Hendrik Schmidt via Getty Images)

Reports

China’s Bureaucratic Playbook for Critical Minerals

William Chou

Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair

William Chou

Jul 9, 2025

Reports

Long Read

A terrikon, a towering mound of mining waste, rises near a coal mine on February 22, 2025, in Donetsk Region, Ukraine. (Pierre Crom via Getty Images)

Podcast

The Importance of Critical Minerals and Rare Earth Magnets to Technology and Defense

Nadia Schadlow

Senior Fellow

Nadia Schadlow

May 22, 2025

Podcast

Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)

Commentary

The US Must Break China’s Chokehold on Our Rare Earth Magnet Supply

Nadia Schadlow

Senior Fellow

Nadia Schadlow

May 20, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

A section of the Yarlung Tsangpo River on May 13, 2023. (Photo by Li Lin/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Dangers of China’s Planned Megadam

Thomas J. Duesterberg

Senior Fellow

Thomas J. Duesterberg

Jan 3, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

Rows of new energy vehicles seen in Chongqing, China, on June 15, 2024. (Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Rows of new energy vehicles seen in Chongqing, China, on June 16, 2024. (Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Commentary

Reckless Electric Vehicle Policies Pose Threats to National Security

Brigham McCown

Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security

Brigham McCown

Jun 18, 2024

Commentary

4 Min Read

The water level of the Yangtze River and Jialing River in the Chongqing section falls in Chongqing, China, August 17, 2022. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The water level of the Yangtze River and Jialing River in Chongqing, China, on August 17, 2022. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Reports

The Global Impact of China’s Water and Related Environmental Problems

Thomas J. Duesterberg

Senior Fellow

Thomas J. Duesterberg

Mar 14, 2024

Reports

Long Read

21 June 2023, USA, Sabine Pass: The ship "Pavilion Aranda" on the US Gulf Coast in the border region between Texas and Louisiana around the mouth of Sabine Pass on June 21, 2023. (Julia Naue via Getty Images)

The ship Pavilion Aranda in Sabine Pass near the US Gulf Coast on June 21, 2023. (Julia Naue via Getty Images)

Commentary

America Faces a Looming LNG Debacle

Thomas J. Duesterberg

Senior Fellow

Brigham McCown

Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security

Thomas J. Duesterberg & Brigham McCown

Jan 23, 2024

Commentary

4 Min Read

Members of China's thirteenth Arctic Ocean scientific expedition team conduct a sampling operation aboard China's polar icebreaker Xuelong 2 on August 6, 2023. (Wei Hongyi/Xinhua via Getty Images)

In the Media

China’s Attempt to Claim the Arctic

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Dec 12, 2023

In the Media

A billboard displays a temperature of 118 degrees Fahrenheit in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 18, 2023. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Climate Policy and World Order

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Sep 18, 2023

Commentary

1 Min Read

Joe Biden at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 12, 2023. (Dominika Zarzycka via Getty Images)

Commentary

Geopolitical Climate Denialism

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Aug 7, 2023

Commentary

1 Min Read

The expedition cruise ship Polar Pioneer at Gnålodden in the Hornsund in Svalbard, Norway, on July 15, 2015. (Wolfgang Kaehler via Getty Images)

Commentary

Geopolitical Freeze Brings Gulf Opportunities in the Arctic

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Mar 31, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

The second oil well drilled in Nigeria, located in the bush outside Otuabagi community in Bayelsa state, continues to leak crude despite being capped. (James Barnett)

The second oil well drilled, outside of the Otuabagi community, continues to leak crude despite being capped in Bayelsa, Nigeria. (James Barnett via New Lines Magazine)

Commentary

The Oil Thieves of Nigeria