Wurmser: America needs a strategy to secure critical raw materials

On October 2, 2021, David Wurmser, Senior Analyst at the Center for Security Policy spoke to the World Policy Conference (WPC) in Abu, Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

David Wurmser spoke on a panel about the geopolitical dimensions of the future supply of critical raw materials. The panel also featured Ingvil Smines Tybring-Gjedde, a former Deputy Minister in the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and Peter Handley, head of the Energy Intensive Industries – Raw Materials at the European Commission.

Wurmser outlined six key principles for a broad-based strategic plan to secure vital interests in the future.