Former CIA Advisor Jim Rickards Has Released a New Free Presentation Drawing a Historical Parallel Between Oil's Role in 20th-Century Geopolitics and Copper's Emerging Role in the 21st – and Examining What America's Untapped Alaskan Copper Reserve Means for Its Strategic Future Washington, D.C., April 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — For most of the 20th century, control over oil was synonymous with global power. The nations that produced it set prices, shaped alliances, and determined the pace of industrial development worldwide. Entire foreign policies were built around securing access to it. Former CIA advisor and economist Jim Rickards argues, in…