Toward Decline
Critical Mineral Security: The Endgame
China Talk·2026-06-22China EconomyP1: Resource SovereigntyP5: Strategic DecouplingP7: Alliance Architecture
Why it matters
The article demonstrates China's demonstrated willingness and capability to weaponise critical mineral exports—a vulnerability that directly threatens Australia's defence industrial base, AUKUS supply chains, and broader Indo-Pacific security. Australia faces identical exposure to US supply-chain disruption via China leverage on rare earths, gallium, germanium, and graphite essential for advanced weapons, submarines, and electronic systems.
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