Nuclear Power and Rare Earths Pique U.S. Interest in Armenia

Armenia, a country making a geopolitical pivot away from Russia toward the West, is finding success in attracting US diplomatic attention by playing up opportunities for trade and investment in the mining and nuclear power sectors. Since taking the reins of government in January, the Trump administration’s outlook on Eurasia has fixated on securing deals involving rare earths and nuclear power, underscored not only by the White House’s attempted minerals deal with Ukraine, but also via comments made by Secretary of State Marco Rubio…