// Global Analysis Archive
The source indicates China retains decisive control over rare earth processing/separation and magnet manufacturing, creating a durable chokepoint even as new mines emerge elsewhere. Diversification efforts face scale, technical, and market-structure barriers, with projections suggesting China remains the leading refiner through 2030.
The 2026 Singapore Airshow highlighted a defense-industrial pivot toward low-cost, mass-producible unmanned systems, manpower-saving training technologies, and counter-UAV concepts constrained by energy demands. It also signaled intensifying supply-chain realignment driven by geopolitical alignment and resilience, alongside Singapore’s push to integrate space capabilities via a new national space agency.
Reporting indicates the United States and Taiwan are preparing a Joint Firepower Cooperation Center to improve coordination, targeting, and asymmetric air and maritime defense ahead of a potential high-intensity contingency. The initiative appears to pair training and operational integration with industrial steps in Taiwan to support munitions testing and unmanned systems supply chains.
The source argues China’s rare earth advantage is rooted in processing concentration enabled by long-term policy and regulatory asymmetries rather than true mineral scarcity. It assesses that export controls and licensing raise prices and uncertainty, catalyzing diversification efforts that can erode dominance over time even as near-term dependence persists.
Open-source reporting indicates the United States and Taiwan are developing a Joint Firepower Cooperation Center to improve asymmetric air and maritime defense through better coordination, training, and potential integration of U.S.-linked capabilities. The initiative appears aligned to a 2027 planning horizon and emphasizes air denial, ISR improvements, and industrial enablement while maintaining ambiguity on troop presence and operational details.
Pakistan is exploring a flexible coordination platform with Türkiye and Saudi Arabia focused on defense-industrial cooperation and supplementary security channels, alongside existing bilateral arrangements. Technical interoperability limits, cautious intelligence sharing, and divergent partner priorities indicate the mechanism will likely remain informal rather than become a binding military bloc.
The source indicates China retains decisive control over rare earth processing/separation and magnet manufacturing, creating a durable chokepoint even as new mines emerge elsewhere. Diversification efforts face scale, technical, and market-structure barriers, with projections suggesting China remains the leading refiner through 2030.
The 2026 Singapore Airshow highlighted a defense-industrial pivot toward low-cost, mass-producible unmanned systems, manpower-saving training technologies, and counter-UAV concepts constrained by energy demands. It also signaled intensifying supply-chain realignment driven by geopolitical alignment and resilience, alongside Singapore’s push to integrate space capabilities via a new national space agency.
Reporting indicates the United States and Taiwan are preparing a Joint Firepower Cooperation Center to improve coordination, targeting, and asymmetric air and maritime defense ahead of a potential high-intensity contingency. The initiative appears to pair training and operational integration with industrial steps in Taiwan to support munitions testing and unmanned systems supply chains.
The source argues China’s rare earth advantage is rooted in processing concentration enabled by long-term policy and regulatory asymmetries rather than true mineral scarcity. It assesses that export controls and licensing raise prices and uncertainty, catalyzing diversification efforts that can erode dominance over time even as near-term dependence persists.
Open-source reporting indicates the United States and Taiwan are developing a Joint Firepower Cooperation Center to improve asymmetric air and maritime defense through better coordination, training, and potential integration of U.S.-linked capabilities. The initiative appears aligned to a 2027 planning horizon and emphasizes air denial, ISR improvements, and industrial enablement while maintaining ambiguity on troop presence and operational details.
Pakistan is exploring a flexible coordination platform with Türkiye and Saudi Arabia focused on defense-industrial cooperation and supplementary security channels, alongside existing bilateral arrangements. Technical interoperability limits, cautious intelligence sharing, and divergent partner priorities indicate the mechanism will likely remain informal rather than become a binding military bloc.
| ID | Title | Category | Date | Views | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RPT-1044 | China’s Rare Earth Chokepoint: Processing and Magnet Dominance Sustains Strategic Leverage | Rare Earths | 2026-02-12 | 0 | ACCESS » |
| RPT-1024 | Singapore Airshow 2026 Signals Asia’s Shift to Attritable Drones, Trusted Supply Chains, and Space-Enabled Resilience | Defense Industry | 2026-02-12 | 0 | ACCESS » |
| RPT-720 | U.S.–Taiwan Joint Firepower Center Signals Push for Air-Denial and Asymmetric Defense | Taiwan | 2026-02-05 | 0 | ACCESS » |
| RPT-696 | Rare Earths: Processing Chokepoints, Strategic Leverage, and the Limits of China’s Dominance | Rare Earths | 2026-02-04 | 0 | ACCESS » |
| RPT-558 | US–Taiwan Joint Firepower Center Signals Accelerated Push for Air Denial and Integrated Defense | Taiwan | 2026-02-02 | 0 | ACCESS » |
| RPT-1406 | Pakistan’s Trilateral Hedge: Ankara and Riyadh as a Platform for Strategic Flexibility | Pakistan | 2025-08-04 | 0 | ACCESS » |