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SUMMARY:Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
DESCRIPTION:The Witherle Library foreign affairs discussion group will meet
  by zoom on Wednesday\, March 4 from 5-6pm. The topic is the US role in mu
 ltilateral efforts to address the needs for Critical Minerals and Rare Ear
 th Elements.\n\nZOOM LINK\nRegister/request the Zoom link for the first ti
 me.\n\nSUGGESTED READING\nBackground graphic description of critical miner
 als and rare earth elements. Dept of Energy. Not a very sharp image but no
  subscription necessary\, just click on link:\n\nhttps://www.netl.doe.gov/
 resource-sustainability/critical-minerals-and-materials/rare-earth-element
 s\n\n\nCouncil on Foreign Relations (CFR) 2/6/2026 ‘US Allies Aim to Bre
 ak China’s Critical Minerals Dominance’ by Michael Froman. This articl
 e reports on the Critical Minerals Ministerial in Washington in early Febr
 uary attended by more than 50 countries. No subscription necessary\, just 
 click on link:\nhttps://www.cfr.org/articles/u-s-allies-aim-to-break-china
 s-critical-minerals-dominance\n\n\nCFR 2/2026 ‘Leapfrogging China’s Cr
 itical Minerals Dominance’ by Heidi Crebo-Rediker and Mahnaz Khan.  Exh
 austive report on US and Allied options\; there’s an executive summary. 
 No subscription necessary\, just click on link:\n\nhttps://www.cfr.org/rep
 orts/leapfrogging-chinas-critical-minerals-dominance\n\nDescribes evolutio
 n of multilateral dialogue on critical minerals and rare earth elements su
 pply chains.  ‘US Critical Minerals Policy Goes Collaborative with FORG
 E’\, Atlantic Council\, 2/12/26. No subscription necessary\, just click 
 on link:\n\nhttps://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/us-critical-mineral
 s-policy-goes-collaborative-with-forge/\n\n\n\nimage: procurmentpro.com
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