Global race for critical minerals risks repeating past harms unless policies centre human needs, domestic priorities
The writer is an academic and researcher. He is also the author of Development, Poverty, and Power in Pakistan, available from Routledge
Powerful nations treat critical minerals primarily through the lens of national interest and security. This narrow focus, however, risks repeating the mistakes of the past: deepening inequality, harming the environment and leaving ordinary people behind.
Consider the Green Revolution of the mid-20th century.
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