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

Reading Xi Jinping

[caption id="attachment_55254045" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Xi Jinping[/caption] The Link Between His Economic Policies and Censorship by Weifeng Zhong In preparation for the Chinese…

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How to Get Women Back Into the Workplace

[caption id="attachment_55253591" align="aligncenter" width="5220"] Pregnant businesswoman packing up desk[/caption] Boosting Productivity by Empowering Mothers By Alexis Crow It is well known…

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Rouhani’s Economic Record

[caption id="attachment_55253536" align="aligncenter" width="4416"] Iranians crowd the Emam Zadeh Davod bazaar, some 25 kilometers west of the capital Tehran, on September 19, 2010. AFP PHOTO/ATTA…

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Digital Globalization and Protection

[caption id="attachment_55253470" align="aligncenter" width="5475"] California (Silicon Valley) connected to night lights of US west coast as sun rises.Globe maps courtesy of NASA: (Getty Images)[…

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A New Deal in Asia

[caption id="attachment_55253203" align="aligncenter" width="3681"] A truck driver walks past a shipping container being moved at the Yangshan Deep Water Port, part of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free…

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The Horn of Africa's Qat-22

[caption id="attachment_55253190" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] A Somali man chews khat in Uithoorn on January 12, 2012. The Dutch government on January 10 banned the use of khat, a leaf native…

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