Fireside Chat with Rep. Ami Bera | Critical Minerals Year in Review & Looking to 2026

CSIS

Fireside Chat: A Bipartisan Roadmap for Minerals Security Speaker: Representative Ami Bera (D-CA) Moderator Dr. Gracelin Baskaran, Director, Critical Minerals Security Program, CSIS Over the past year, there has been a monumental shift in how the United States, its international partners, and foreign adversaries approach minerals security. 2025 made one thing unmistakably clear: minerals security is inseparable from both national and economic security. Washington has moved beyond rhetoric …