December 18, 2025
Breaking the Rare Earths Dependency with Chris Kennedy
Geoff sits down with Chris Kennedy to unpack the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy and debate what it will take for the United States to overcome its dependency on Chinese rare earths. Chris is a Senior Economist with Bloomberg Economics’ Geoeconomics practice and a new Adjunct Senior Fellow with the Energy, Economics and Security Program.
Dean Acheson, Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department
Ryan Fedasiuk, “In Search of a China Strategy,” The American Enterprise, December 15, 2025
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