A New Era of US-Russia Cooperation: Advancing Strategic Resource Investments and Reducing Dependence on China
TL;DR
A potential US-Russia 'New Détente' could boost joint investments in energy and critical minerals to compete with China, aligning with US security goals and reducing dependence on Chinese supply chains.
A potential Russian-US "New Détente" could revolutionize the global economic architecture by promoting joint strategic resource investments, particularly in energy and critical minerals, to economically compete with China. This aligns with the US National Security Strategy's focus on securing critical resource supply chains. Russia's wealth in critical minerals could be leveraged to reduce the US and its Asian allies' dependence on China's supply chains, while also incentivizing Russia to comply with a Ukrainian peace deal and reducing its dependence on China.