The rare earths powering industries and fuelling conflicts

From Africa to the Arctic, certain metals and minerals are so highly sought after for today's strategic industries that countries will go to war over them. What are they? Al Majalla digs deeper.

Abdulfattah Khattab

Is a Trade War the Only Option?

President Donald Trump’s forays into trade war statecraft—his embrace of steel and aluminum tariffs, and his soon to be revealed tariffs on Chinese products in response to alleged intellectual…

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Trump’s Tariffs Strategy

[caption id="attachment_55255847" align="alignnone" width="594"] U.S. President Donald Trump signs a proclamation on adjusting imports of steel into the United States next to steel and aluminum…

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How to Crack Down on Tax Havens

[caption id="attachment_55255779" align="alignnone" width="4256"] A logo of UBS swiss bank and swiss flag view through a window in Zurich on October 1, 2009. Switzerland's stock exchange is…

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Foreign Aid: Good, Bad, or a Bit of Both?

[caption id="attachment_55255667" align="aligncenter" width="3500"] A young boy rests by empty USAID vegetable oil tins in the Dagahaley refugee camp which makes up part of the giant Dadaab refugee…

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The Surprising Success of Putinomics

[caption id="attachment_55255633" align="aligncenter" width="3500"]Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives at the Congress of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) at the Ritz…

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The Two-Degree Delusion

[caption id="attachment_55255535" align="aligncenter" width="3600"] Children from the remote Turkana tribe in Northern Kenya dig a hole in a river bed to retrieve water.(Getty)[/caption] by Ted…

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Why Globalization Stalled

[caption id="attachment_55255345" align="aligncenter" width="4256"] US President Donald Trump (L) and China's President Xi Jinping leave a business leaders event at the Great Hall of the People in…

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