Our Experts in the News: August 2023
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The Japan Times - China’s gallium curbs to have limited impact on U.S. defense
August 11, 2023
U.S. defense demand, however, accounts for only a fraction of the country’s total demand for these two minerals. This means that if Washington chose to prioritize defense uses of the minerals, “it would likely find enough non-Chinese material to continue defense production,” Eugene Gholz stressed.
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Newswise - Notre Dame Professor Says U.S. Military Presence in Strait of Hormuz Should be Handled With Prudence
August 10, 2023
Eugene Gholz, associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame and an expert on the Strait of Hormuz, previously served as a senior advisor at the Pentagon. Gholz can comment in regard to the deployment of U.S. troops to deter Iran from seizing ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Responsible Statecraft - Leading medical journals call for abolition of nuclear weapons
August 02, 2023
“Nuclear weapons took great power war off the agenda of international politics,” Michael Desch of the University of Notre Dame told Responsible Statecraft earlier this year. And, as Desch noted, the total number of nuclear weapons has dropped dramatically from its high of 65,000 warheads in the mid-1980s.
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