Svitlana Matviyenko

1 month ago | eurozine.com | Julie Klinger |Svitlana Matviyenko |Kate Brown |Aro Velmet

Why is a diehard climate-crisis sceptic like Trump forcing Zelensky’s hand on a peace agreement seemingly focused on green-transition raw materials? If we temporarily set aside the highly problematic issue of bartering security with a third-party business transaction, what might be the motivation behind the Republican’s proposed ‘mineral deal’? And why the drive for Ukrainian resources such as rare earth elements, which, despite their name, aren’t even particularly rare?