Author: Macdonald Amoah

The Sixty-Ton Problem: Scandium Supply Chain Risk the US Defense Industrial Base

Morgan Bazilian, Macdonald Amoah and Jahara Matisek | 05.28.26 | Commentary & Analysis

The recent White House summit with Beijing produced an agreement to address US concerns regarding...

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The Foundational Metal of War: Aluminum, the Middle East War, and America’s Strategic Vulnerability

Morgan Bazilian, Jahara Matisek and Macdonald Amoah | 04.10.26 | Commentary & Analysis

The US military has an aluminum problem. It arises not from the metal’s rarity, but its presence...

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The Chokepoint We Missed: Sulfur, Hormuz, and the Threats to Military Readiness

Morgan Bazilian, Macdonald Amoah and Jahara Matisek | 03.13.26 | Commentary & Analysis

The cascading effects of disrupted maritime chokepoints are no longer the subject of simulations;...

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Logistics Left of Boom: Understanding Adversary Threats to the Defense Industrial Base Ahead of Conflict

Macdonald Amoah, Morgan Bazilian and Jahara Matisek | 02.06.26 | Commentary & Analysis

“Amateurs talk tactics, professionals study logistics.” Recent wargames, studies, and operational...

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Minerals, Magnets, and Military Capability: China’s Rare Earth Weaponization Should Be a Wake-Up Call

Macdonald Amoah, Morgan Bazilian and Jahara Matisek | 07.10.25 | Commentary & Analysis

When China imposed export controls on seven of the seventeen rare earth elements in April 2025, it...

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