Geopolitics
The Great Diversion: Australia's Critical Minerals Push and the Neo-Colonial War on China's Rise
Australia is expanding its government-backed export finance agency and launching a A$1.2 billion strategic critical minerals reserve to strengthen its role in Western efforts to diversify supply chains away from China. This aggressive move starkly reveals a neo-colonial economic war aimed at containing the growth and strategic autonomy of the Global South, cynically repackaging protectionism and resource nationalism as 'supply chain resilience'.
