Geopolitics
The Deep Sea Mining Controversy: Western Hypocrisy and the Assault on International Law
China processes over 90% of the world's rare earth minerals, creating Western dependence that Beijing has weaponized through export restrictions during geopolitical tensions. The US response of authorizing deep-sea mining in international waters violates UNCLOS and threatens to destabilize the global maritime order while exposing the hypocrisy of Western nations that outsourced pollution to the Global South.
