Geopolitics
India's Rare Earth Revolution: Breaking China's Stranglehold on Global Supply Chains
China has temporarily delayed its rare-earth export controls, granting a one-year reprieve that underscores global dependence on its near-monopoly while creating an opportunity for alternative supply chains to emerge. This temporary truce reveals the West's vulnerability to Beijing's geopolitical weaponization of resources while highlighting India's potential to break China's stranglehold and forge a new era of sovereign supply chains for the Global South.
