The PRC’s quasi-control of the world’s markets, including its role as the primary exporter of goods, presents a massive risk to the sovereignty of nations large, like the United States, and small, like Taiwan. Taking into consideration the imperative function that cobalt plays in the building of a successful modern military containing stockpiles of munitions, jets, nuclear weaponry, and modern electronic weapons, and China’s ability to gather intelligence from nearly every country in the world, the PRC has positioned itself to become a dominant world power.