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Mongolia’s Rare Earth Strategy: balancing risks and rivalries

Wedged between China and Russia, Mongolia is often viewed through the prism of its geography: landlocked and dependent on its neighbours for access to global trade routes. Yet, beneath its deserts and steppes lies a resource base that has the potential to redraw supply chains for critical minerals. Copper, gold and rare earth elements make [...]

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On Top of the World: Brazil’s business boom amid green horizons

After two years of turbulence, Brazil enters mid-2025 on firmer economic footing. Real GDP expanded 3.4 percent in 2024 - its best since the pandemic - driven by household spending and a rebound in capital formation. Momentum is moderating as tighter policy grinds, yet consensus still pegs 2025 growth above two percent and expects inflation

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Ice, oil and influence: the strategic stakes of Arctic sovereignty

The Arctic region is fast becoming a geopolitical hotbed of interest. Extreme changes in weather are reshaping the Arctic landscape – once viewed as an isolated, icy expanse. The warmer climate has unveiled new sea shipping routes and revealed a bounty of previously inaccessible natural resources, including oil, gas and minerals – attracting the attention of the

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