Fireside Chat with Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto | Critical Minerals Year in Review & Looking to 2026

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Speaker: Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) 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 to action—deploying bold new policy tools such as …