Asia Markets

Asia Braces for Financial Turbulence as Global Credit Stress and Iran War Ripple Across Markets

Some of those apparitions come from the shadows of the Global Financial Crisis, when collapsing credit markets in the United States sent shockwaves through the global economy. Others appear to echo the trauma of the Asian Financial Crisis, when Asia’s...
US Nuclear Umbrella

Iran’s Nuclear Standoff Becomes Warning for Asia, Confidence in US Nuclear Umbrella Weakens

Lessons from Iran’s nuclear latency strategy are forcing a strategic rethink in Tokyo and Seoul amid doubts about the credibility of the US nuclear umbrella. The war involving Iran has delivered a stark and unsettling verdict on one of the...
Rare-Earth, China

US Section 301 Probes Ignite Fresh Trade Tensions, China Signals Rare-Earth Export Curbs and Soybean Retaliation

Global trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies are rising again after Washington launched a new round of investigations into the trade practices of dozens of countries, including China, prompting warnings from Chinese commentators that Beijing could respond with...
United States–Israeli strike on Iran

Suez to Hormuz: How US–Israel Attack on Iran Could Signal Turning Point in Global Order

In his monumental work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, the historian Edward Gibbon argued that great powers rarely collapse in a sudden dramatic moment. Instead, empires typically weaken through slow, cumulative shifts in political...
Type 94 nuclear ballistic missile submarine

China’s Shift Toward an All-Nuclear Submarine Fleet Signals Expanding Undersea Power and Potential Indo-Pacific Naval Arms Race

China’s drive to build an all-nuclear submarine fleet is emerging as one of the most consequential shifts in the strategic balance beneath the world’s oceans, potentially extending Beijing’s naval reach from the Western Pacific into the Indian Ocean while prompting...
BrahMos missile

Indonesia’s Planned Purchase of BrahMos missile Targets China’s Vital Maritime Supply Routes Across Southeast Asia

Indonesia’s planned acquisition of the supersonic BrahMos missile from India could dramatically reshape the strategic landscape of Southeast Asia, potentially transforming the world’s largest archipelago into a powerful maritime barrier stretching between the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean....
B-2 bombers

US strikes expose limits of underground bunkers in Iran, China plans vast subterranean network to shield strategic energy and military assets

The growing vulnerability of hardened underground facilities to modern precision weapons is forcing a reassessment of how nations protect their most sensitive infrastructure. After recent United States bunker-buster strikes exposed weaknesses in deeply buried nuclear facilities in Iran, analysts say...
Nvidia Hopper architecture, HGX H200 platform features H200 Tensor Core GPU

Nvidia Halts China-Bound H200 AI Chip Production as US-China Tech Rivalry and Domestic Substitution Drive Reshape Global Semiconductor Supply Chains

The global race for artificial intelligence dominance has taken another sharp turn as Nvidia reportedly halted production of its H200 artificial-intelligence chips intended for China, highlighting the growing strategic divide between Washington and Beijing over advanced semiconductor technology. The decision...
Cyberspace Administration of China

China’s Blockchain Strategy: How Beijing Is Building State-Controlled Digital Trust Infrastructure for Global Trade and Data

For much of the past decade, discussions about blockchain in Western technology circles have been dominated by cryptocurrencies, decentralized finance (DeFi) experiments, and volatile token markets. The technology’s public image has been shaped largely by projects like Bitcoin and platforms...
Donald Trump

Oil shocks and diplomatic collapse: Trump’s shifting war signals leave Iran conflict, global markets and Asia’s energy security on edge

Global oil markets briefly surged to nearly $120 a barrel on Monday before retreating after remarks by Donald Trump suggested that the conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran might soon wind down. In an interview with CBS, the...
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