Don’t rely on ‘unpredictable’ US for critical minerals future: miners - AFR

The article reflects Australian industry concern that reliance on US critical-minerals partnerships is unreliable, pushing miners to advocate for sovereign Australian resource capture and processing—directly supporting Pillar 1 (Resource Sovereignty) and Pillar 5 (Decoupling from China). However, the framing also signals perceived weakness in US commitment, which indirectly raises doubt about broader US Indo-Pacific staying power and thus the long-term viability of alliance-based decoupling strategies.