Category: Critical Minerals

• Seven Pillars of Military Integration for the DRC-Rwanda Peace Accord

  August 11, 2025

  Critical Minerals, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, U.S. Africa Strategy

  Efforts by the United States and Qatar to end the decades-long conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have accelerated significantly since late June, building on earlier mediation initiatives led by the African Union, the East African Community, and the Luanda and Nairobi processes. The conflict originated in the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Read.

• “The Geopolitics of Critical Minerals—Risks, Resilience, and Resource Control”

  June 5, 2025

  Critical Minerals, Democratic Republic of the Congo

  Earlier this week, I attended a very thought-provoking CFR panel on “The Geopolitics of Critical Minerals—Risks, Resilience, and Resource Control” moderated by Heidi Crebo-Rediker, with David Abraham, Gracelin Baskaran, PhD, Helaina Matza and Laura Taylor-Kale, PhD. Capitalizing on the expertise on stage, I asked their opinions on the value-add for U.S. companies as part of the Read.