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SUMMARY:Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
DESCRIPTION:The Witherle Library foreign affairs discussion group will meet
  by zoom on Wednesday\, April 1 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\n\nZOOM LINK\nRegister/request the Zoom link for the first 
 time.\n\n\nSUGGESTED READING\nBackground graphic description of critical m
 inerals and rare earth elements. Dept of Energy. Not a very sharp image bu
 t no subscription necessary\, just click on link:\n\nhttps://www.netl.doe.
 gov/resource-sustainability/critical-minerals-and-materials/rare-earth-ele
 ments\n\n\nCouncil on Foreign Relations (CFR) 2/6/2026 ‘US Allies Aim to
  Break China’s Critical Minerals Dominance’ by Michael Froman. This ar
 ticle reports on the Critical Minerals Ministerial in Washington in early 
 February attended by more than 50 countries. No subscription necessary\, j
 ust click on link:\nhttps://www.cfr.org/articles/u-s-allies-aim-to-break-c
 hinas-critical-minerals-dominance\n\n\nCFR 2/2026 ‘Leapfrogging China’
 s Critical Minerals Dominance’ by Heidi Crebo-Rediker and Mahnaz Khan. 
  Exhaustive report on US and Allied options\; there’s an executive summa
 ry. No subscription necessary\, just click on link:\n\nhttps://www.cfr.org
 /reports/leapfrogging-chinas-critical-minerals-dominance\n\nDescribes evol
 ution of multilateral dialogue on critical minerals and rare earth element
 s supply chains.  ‘US Critical Minerals Policy Goes Collaborative with 
 FORGE’\, Atlantic Council\, 2/12/26. No subscription necessary\, just cl
 ick on link:\n\nhttps://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/us-critical-min
 erals-policy-goes-collaborative-with-forge/\n\n\n\nimage: procurmentpro.co
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