China, Critical Minerals, and the National Security Threat in Your iPhone

In Episode 19 of his podcast "In the Room with Peter Bergen," New America Vice President and ASU Professor of Practice Peter Bergen examines the issue of critical minerals and its intersection with the U.S.-China relationship:

We can’t do much without batteries and microchips; they power everything from smartphones to electric cars to defense systems. But the US ceded control of the raw materials required to make them - to its chief rival, China. Is it possible to catch up, especially given America’s more stringent labor and environmental standards?

Listen to the episode here, and see the full set of episodes here.