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Gracelin Baskaran

Center for Strategic and International Studies , Washington DC , United States

Research Director

Dr. Gracelin Baskaran is the research director and senior fellow for the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). She is a mining economist, and her primary expertise is in critical minerals, trade, and emerging markets. Prior to joining CSIS, she spent 7 years in South Africa working on the platinum group metals sector and later joining the World Bank. Dr. Baskaran coauthored the book Africa’s Resource Future: Harnessing Natural Resources for Economic Transformation during the Low-Carbon Transition (World Bank, 2023). Dr. Baskaran was a Fulbright Scholar and holds a doctorate from the University of Cambridge.

Gracelin Baskaran