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...
Iran War

Apocalypse and Geopolitics: How Christian Zionism Is Framing US–Israel War With Iran, Fulfillment of Biblical Prophecy

As the war involving the United States and Israel against Iran intensifies, a parallel narrative has been emerging within segments of American religious and political life — one that interprets the conflict not simply as geopolitics, but as the unfolding...
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...
Iran Fortress

Iran’s Mountain Fortress Under Fire: Geography, Technology and New Battle for Strait of Hormuz

For decades, the strategic thinking of the Islamic Republic has been shaped by one defining reality: geography. The vast and rugged terrain of the Iranian Plateau has long served as the foundation of Iran’s national defense strategy, providing natural barriers,...
Strait of Hormuz

Middle East War Sparks Global Energy Emergency Oil Flows Through Strait of Hormuz Collapse and Prices Surge

The global oil market has been thrown into unprecedented turmoil following the escalation of conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran, with the International Energy Agency warning that the crisis has triggered what it calls the “largest supply disruption...
Artemis II

NASA Presses Ahead With Crewed Artemis II Mission Even as Inspector General Report Flags Heat Shield and Structural Concerns

The United States is preparing to send astronauts around the Moon for the first time in half a century, but the planned mission is unfolding against a growing debate over safety risks and unresolved engineering concerns. NASA confirmed on March...
Iran War

Iraq War’s Unfinished Legacy: How US Military Victory Opened Door to Iran’s Strategic Influence

More than two decades after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the United States continues to confront a paradox that has defined many modern wars: overwhelming military success does not necessarily translate into political victory. The campaign against Saddam Hussein’s regime...
Minab School Strike

Minab School Strike: How Collapse of US Civilian-Protection Safeguards May Have Led to One of Deadliest Missile Attacks on Children in Decades

The images that emerged from the southern Iranian port city of Minab stunned even veteran military analysts accustomed to the brutal calculus of modern warfare. A collapsed elementary school lay buried beneath shattered concrete, twisted metal and fragments of children’s...
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