Matthew Funaiole

Aug 28, 2024 | foreignpolicy.com | Matthew Funaiole |Aidan Powers-Riggs

Climate Change NATO United States On the sidelines of July’s NATO summit in Washington, a new industrial alliance quietly came to life. The leaders of the United States, Canada, and Finland announced the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort, or ICE Pact, a trilateral deal on polar icebreaker production.

May 10, 2024 | csis.org | Matthew Funaiole |Power ShellModule Project

China’s shipbuilding empire is the latest flashpoint in the intensifying frictions between Washington and Beijing. As the Biden administration zeroes in on the potentially unfair trade practices that propelled China’s emergence as the largest shipbuilder in the world, broader national security issues are also at play. Foreign capital and technology are flowing into Chinese dual-use shipyards, which is accelerating Beijing’s ongoing naval buildup.

Aug 21, 2023 | msn.com | Matthew Funaiole

Decades of sweeping industrial policies have afforded China a near-total monopoly over gallium, a critical mineral used to produce high-performance microchips that power some of the United States’ most advanced military technologies. Recent moves by Beijing to restrict the export of gallium have laid bare the need for Washington and its allies to de-risk their critical mineral supply chains.