The New Weapons of Global Power Are Oil, Rare Earths and Microchips
- Posted on March 22, 2026
- By The Wall Street Journal
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The New Weapons of Global Power Are Oil, Rare Earths and Microchips
Iran has wielded crude as a cudgel on a scale unseen in decades, marking a new phase in the 21st-century competition for dominance.