 We know that it's hard to stay up to date on USIP's latest publications, so we've challenged our teams to summarize their latest research in less than a minute. This is Briefly. The US economy and national security depend on a reliable source of critical minerals for electronics, medical supplies, and engines. Africa can play an important role in the supply chain, and mineral development can be done in ways that benefit the people of the continent. A new senior study group report from USIP recommends that the US government sharpen US Africa policy with a focus on critical minerals, empower African civil society and the media, enhance ongoing USAID programs to assist Africans with a rule of law and fiscal transparency efforts, tactically address Chinese mining in Africa, mobilize the private sector to strengthen African infrastructure, expand membership of the mineral security partnership to include African partners, assist Africans in building technical capacity in the mining sector, support efforts to address artisanal mining challenges. Visit usip.org to learn about these recommendations and more.