COMMENT | The emergence of rare earths as a key concern in the tariff war waged by the United States against China provides peace think tanks and anti-war lobbies a golden opportunity to strategise on it in their campaign to bring a reduction in the escalating military expenditure and deadly armament proliferation.

On this end, the Donald Trump administration is concurrently egging on its allies, which, if unchecked, will lead to a less secure world.

Often forgotten in the fog of Western media war reporting...