US Engagement

The Purpose and Promise of Pax Silica

The Purpose and Promise of Pax Silica

By Jeffrey D. Bean

While the Pax Silica initiative has been criticized for being non-binding, unfocused, U.S.-centric, and inconsistent in its membership, it is nonetheless the best-placed plurilateral initiative to advance what has been a bipartisan consensus in the United States on U.S. technological leadership.

How the African Union is Navigating the United States’ G20 Presidency

How the African Union is Navigating the United States’ G20 Presidency

By Raul Alfaro-Pelico

When the African Union took its permanent member seat at the G20 in 2023, it was read across the continent as a long-overdue correction. Three years on, the question is narrower and harder. What does the seat actually buy?

Muscles in Brussels? Europe’s Uneven Rearmament

Muscles in Brussels? Europe’s Uneven Rearmament

By Dhruva Jaishankar

Despite Europe’s push for more military self-sufficiency amid tensions with the United States, questions remain as to whether Europe’s political leadership, domestic politics, and social conditions can facilitate the development of true security and strategic autonomy.

How Australia, Canada, and India Can Reshape Critical Minerals Supply Chains

How Australia, Canada, and India Can Reshape Critical Minerals Supply Chains

By Holly Stevens and Siddharth Sharma

As demand for electric vehicles, battery storage, clean energy systems, and advanced technologies continues to accelerate, Australia’s resource base and mining history, Canada’s resource base as well as its mining and industrial capabilities, and India’s market scale and commitment to value-added manufacturing could support diversification across multiple stages of the value chain.