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In its hunt for critical minerals, the US is misconstruing what is and is not America’s

  • Written by Coalter G Lathrop, Senior Lecturing Fellow in International Law, Duke University
In its hunt for critical minerals, the US is misconstruing what is and is not America’sA metal claw reaches for an iron and manganese nodule on the seabed for testing.USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Americans have a reputation for being bad at world geography, and the current U.S. administration is no exception, particularly when it comes to correctly identifying what is – and is not – part of the United...

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