How Australia Plans to Make Itself Critical

Canberra wants to reduce China’s dominance in critical minerals.

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With minimal fanfare, Australia is preparing to assume a greater leadership role in the Indo-Pacific region. Its plans are laid out in various national strategies and policies, including most recently its critical minerals strategy. The document, which covers the rest of the decade, reveals Canberra’s intention to capitalize on its wealth of critical minerals, undermine […]

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Allison Fedirka
Allison Fedirka is the former director of analysis for Geopolitical Futures. Ms. Fedirka has a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and international studies from Washington University in St. Louis and a master’s degree in international relations and affairs from the University of Belgrano, Argentina. Her thesis was on Brazil and Angola and south-south cooperation.