CSIS Issues Commentary: Dangerous Allure of Myanmar's Rare Earths
August 02, 2025
August 02, 2025
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 1, 2025:
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The Dangerous Allure of Myanmar's Rare Earths
By Gregory B. Poling
Early this week, Reuters reported that the Trump administration has been approached with two different proposals to shift U.S. engagement in the four-and-a-half-year Burmese civil war, to access Myanmar's substantial reserves of rare earths. T . . .
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The Dangerous Allure of Myanmar's Rare Earths
By Gregory B. Poling
Early this week, Reuters reported that the Trump administration has been approached with two different proposals to shift U.S. engagement in the four-and-a-half-year Burmese civil war, to access Myanmar's substantial reserves of rare earths. T . . .