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Operationalising the Quad Critical Minerals Initiative - United States Studies Centre
GNews: critical minerals·2026-07-07AllianceP1: Resource SovereigntyP5: Strategic DecouplingP7: Alliance Architecture
Why it matters
Critical minerals security is a linchpin of Australian strategic autonomy and decoupling from China across defence, energy, and manufacturing. Operational Quad coordination on supply-chain resilience directly strengthens Pillar 1 (Resource Sovereignty) and Pillar 5 (Decoupling), reducing Australia's exposure to Chinese coercion via rare-earth and mineral leverage.
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