On the podcast NatSec Tech, Nadia Schadlow discusses critical minerals and rare earth magnets.
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A man walks near the headquarters of the Russian Central Bank in Moscow on February 13, 2026. (Getty Images)
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The Importance of Critical Minerals and Rare Earth Magnets to Technology and Defense
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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)