Industry experts say that Ukraine's critical resource deposits are undeveloped and vulnerable to the threat of Russian aggression.

The US is set to secure a stake in Ukraine’s mineral revenues, aiming to counter China’s influence – but market challenges may hinder investment and execution.

Given this backdrop, the U.S. needs to return to its old grand strategy, which helped the West win the Cold War by driving a wedge between Moscow and Beijing. Ending the Ukraine war would also enable the U.S. to reallocate military resources from Europe to the Indo-Pacific, where its global primacy is truly at stake.