{"id":11586,"date":"2026-02-04T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=11586"},"modified":"2026-04-29T10:59:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:59:54","slug":"the-price-of-peace-us-strategy-and-the-drcs-critical-minerals","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/news\/the-price-of-peace-us-strategy-and-the-drcs-critical-minerals","title":{"rendered":"The price of peace: US strategy and the DRC's critical minerals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/roape.net\/2026\/02\/04\/the-price-of-peace-us-strategy-and-the-drcs-critical-minerals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In her article<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/archivist\/antonia-baumgartner-ma\" type=\"person-archiv\" id=\"10375\">Antonia Baumgartner<\/a> argues that behind the promise of peace, a set of recent US-backed agreements have reshaped how the Democratic Republic of the Congo's minerals, infrastructure, and political choices are tied to Washington's strategic priorities. Under these arrangements, unlicensed and prospective mining areas are pooled into a reserve that gives the United States privileged, priority access to future concessions. As security and diplomatic backing for the Congolese government against Rwanda and M23 becomes linked to mineral access and supply-chain politics, questions are raised about sovereignty, long-term peace and stability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The article was first published by the <a href=\"https:\/\/roape.net\/2026\/02\/04\/the-price-of-peace-us-strategy-and-the-drcs-critical-minerals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Review of African Political Economy<\/a> on the 4th of February 2026, where it can be accessed in full lenght.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/archivist\/antonia-baumgartner-ma\" type=\"person-archiv\" id=\"10375\">Antonia Baumgartner<\/a> is a recent graduate in Area and Global Studies for International Cooperation, with a focus on Africa. Her professional background spans journalism, voice recording, and public relations. She has worked as a freelance journalist producing articles, interviews, and multimedia content for Austrian publications, such as Biber Magazine and DATUM Magazine. Antonia currently works for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo: \u00a9 Aboodi Vesakaran \/ Public Domain<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":11587,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"news-kategrie":[48],"class_list":["post-11586","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-kategrie-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The price of peace: US strategy and the DRC\u2019s critical minerals - Kreisky Forum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/news\/the-price-of-peace-us-strategy-and-the-drcs-critical-minerals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The price of peace: US strategy and the DRC\u2019s critical minerals - Kreisky Forum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In her article, Antonia Baumgartner argues that behind the promise of peace, a set of recent US-backed agreements have reshaped how the Democratic Republic of the Congo\u2019s minerals, infrastructure, and political choices are tied to Washington\u2019s strategic priorities. 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