Editors' Picks: 56,000 Greenlanders could shape the future of rare earths

[Foreign Policy Logo]( [Foreign Policy Flashpoints]( March 12, 2021 | [View in browser]( [Sponsor Logo]( SPONSORED BY THE SCHAR SCHOOL AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY 1 [Resource politics.]( eyes are on Greenland’s snap elections next month, when the island territory’s 56,000 inhabitants could decide the future of rare-earth mining, global supply chains—and the United States’ standoff with China, Sam Dunning [writes]( 2 [Fiercest fighters.]( women have suffered disproportionately under China’s crackdown on Xinjiang province, enduring sexual violence, physical abuse, and forced sterilization. They are also the loudest voices taking on Beijing, Simina Mistreanu [writes](. 3 [Toxic sludge.]( recent oil spill off Israel’s coast has provided convenient electoral fodder for the Likud party. Allegations about the event could hand Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yet another victory in Israel’s March 23 election, Jason Pack and James Roslington [write](. 4 [Waning influence.]( on the southern tip of Spain, has been officially in British hands since 1713. And while the Union Jack continues to fly over its shores post-Brexit, the territory is in every other way moving toward the European Union, Mark Mardell [writes](. 5 [Moonshot myth.]( new space race won’t solve our problems or bring humanity together. Instead, extending geopolitical ambitions to extraterrestrial bounds would jeopardize hard-won cooperative treaties here on Earth, Paul Musgrave [writes](  SPONSORED [Scholarships for Security Studies at the Schar School]( Scholarships for Security Studies at the Schar School Our top-ranked security studies programs prepare students to become leaders ready to face the world’s biggest challenges. Apply to a master’s program at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government for available scholarship funding from the Diana Davis Spencer Foundation. [Learn more and apply >]( FOLLOW FP ON This email was sent to {EMAIL} because you are subscribed to FP’s Editors' Picks newsletter. Want a friend to receive this newsletter? [Forward it]( now. Want to receive other FP newsletters? [Manage]( your FP newsletter preferences. [unsubscribe]( | [privacy policy]( | [contact us]( | [advertise]( Foreign Policy magazine is a division of Graham Holdings Company. All contents © 2021 The Slate Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Foreign Policy, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006. [Link](