SilverWars Research Archive

Strategic Resource Intelligence

OSINT research and white paper analysis on critical minerals, industrial capacity and geopolitical power.

Trace the record. Examine who controls supply. Understand what the evidence means for industrial and national power.

OSINT research

Investigations built from public records, technical documents and source data.

White paper analysis

Original reports summarized and tested against current strategic-resource evidence.

6 entries in this curated archive

White paper analysis

World Order and Critical Minerals

Read Bradley H. Roberts's 1996 world-order framework through today's contest over mineral access, processing capacity and resource sovereignty.

  • Critical minerals
  • Geopolitics
  • Resource governance
  • Silver
Source 1996 · Review October 3, 2026Read the research →

White paper analysis

Strategic Minerals in the New World Order

Analyze Kent Hughes Butts's 1993 mineral-security argument against current import dependence, stockpile governance and processing risks.

  • Critical minerals
  • Stockpiles
  • Geopolitics
  • Industrial capacity
  • Silver
Source 1993 · Review October 3, 2026Read the research →

White paper analysis

Strategic Minerals: U.S. Alternatives

Test Kenneth A. Kessel's 1990 distinction between dependence and vulnerability against today's supply alternatives, processing constraints and silver substitution evidence.

  • Critical minerals
  • Supply resilience
  • Substitution
  • Industrial capacity
  • Silver
Source 1990 · Review October 3, 2026Read the research →

White paper analysis

Waste Circuit Boards and Strategic Metals

Examine the 2020 Croatian circuit-board study through sourced metal-content tables, charts and the evidence needed to turn electronic waste into qualified secondary supply.

  • Electronic waste
  • Recycling
  • Critical minerals
  • Silver
  • Gold
  • Copper
Source 2020 · Review October 3, 2026Read the research →

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