This article uses the 2022 Russia-Ukraine War and the 2026 U.S.-Iran conflict as parallel cases to explain two distinct mechanisms behind oil price increases. The former involved a......
After 21 hours of marathon negotiations ended without agreement, U.S. Vice President JD Vance departed Pakistan, marking the collapse of the highest-level direct talks between Wash......
The Lai Ching-te (賴清德) administration's decision last week to restart the Mailiao coal-fired power plant for three months is the latest and most damning indictment of Taiwan's ruli......
Less than two hours before his own ultimatum expired, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a two-week pause on military strikes against Iran — adding yet another "TACO" moment to ......
On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched a large-scale coordinated military strike against Iran, killing Supreme Leader Khamenei and much of Iran's senior leader......
U.S. President Donald Trump's recent televised address claimed a decisive victory against Iran while failing to articulate any clear conditions for ending the brutal conflict. The ......
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon issued a wide-ranging assessment of the global economy in his 2025 annual letter to shareholders, warning that geopolitical conflicts, technological ......
President Donald Trump has long treated politics as a highly publicized performance characterized by blunt declarative sentences and consistently raised stakes. He recently extende......
Alongside the missiles and military strikes of the escalating conflict, a quieter financial battle is unfolding with potentially lasting global consequences. Iran recently announce......
On March 31, President Trump announced plans to end U.S. military operations against Iran within three weeks — with or without a deal. Analysts warn this is less a resolution than ......
The US and Israeli military campaign against Iran, launched on February 28, has evolved into a protracted conflict that threatens global economic stability and inadvertently advan......
Whatever analytical tools are available to his advisers—and those advisers have grown increasingly reluctant to push back—Donald Trump is likely to chart a course defined less by s......
Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, promising to tame inflation, revitalize the American economy, and avoid "stupid wars." However, he now faces the most severe politi......
Nearly one month into the U.S.-Iran war, what began with promises of a swift American victory and unconditional Iranian surrender has evolved into an open-ended conflict with no re......
U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed Monday that Washington is actively negotiating with Iran, a major diplomatic development that Tehran's government has also formally acknowledg......
On March 18, China Central Television released a five-minute animated short film produced entirely using artificial intelligence. Titled "The Chronicle of Gold Valley: The White Ea......
A satirical acronym coined in the financial press has become a serious analytical framework for understanding U.S. foreign policy: "TACO," short for "Trump Always Chickens Out."
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Now entering its fourth week with no ceasefire in sight, the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran is far from over. Independent Chinese economist Andy Xie (謝國忠) is blunt ab......
Gold prices, which had continued their 2025 rally into early 2026 and surged nearly 30% within a single month, subsequently entered a corrective phase and plunged sharply following......
Four weeks into the Middle East conflict, the Strait of Hormuz remains only partially accessible — and the consequences are extending far beyond oil markets. Analysts warn that dis......
Chinese-Canadian political commentator Jiang Xueqin has drawn wide attention for his forecasts about U.S.–Iran tensions and Donald Trump's political future, as war in the Middle Ea......
Now entering its third week, the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran shows no signs of resolution. Debates continue to swirl in Washington over whether to force open the St......
Retired Vice Admiral Kevin Donegan says even a multinational escort effort would restore only a fraction of normal oil transit through the Strait of Hormuz, underscoring how diffic......
Samuel Huntington's landmark work The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order argued not only that civilizational conflict represents the greatest threat to world pe......
Donald Trump has never been known for diplomatic restraint. But even by his own standards, what unfolded in the Oval Office on March 19 was striking. Seated beside Japanese Prime M......
After Israel struck Iran's South Pars gas field on March 18, Iran launched retaliatory attacks on energy infrastructure across the Persian Gulf. Among the hardest hit was Qatar's R......
Israel struck Iran's South Pars natural gas field — the crown jewel of the country's energy sector — on March 18, marking a formal entry into an extreme phase of mutual energy infr......
The ongoing U.S.-Iran military conflict is narrowing Washington's leverage over Beijing while potentially strengthening Chinese President Xi Jinping's strategic confidence toward T......
Two weeks into the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran, the strategic picture is becoming clearer — and considerably less favorable to Washington than early declarations of......
The U.S.-Iran war has resurrected economic forces many assumed were relics of the past, proving that globalization, energy vulnerability, and the looming threat of inflation never ......
Now entering its third week, the U.S. military operation against Iran has prompted intense debate among global strategic analysts over whether the campaign — described by President......
As the Middle East conflict enters its third week, U.S. and Israeli military operations against Iran continue to intensify. Global oil prices are swinging sharply, repeatedly testi......
As the conflict in the Persian Gulf entered its 16th day on Tuesday, President Donald Trump escalated pressure on global allies to secure the Strait of Hormuz, calling for an inter......
When the United States and Israel launched large-scale airstrikes against Iran in late February, Washington's political narrative was straightforward: The strikes were a necessary ......
As the U.S.-Iran conflict enters its third week, the scope of military operations may expand beyond missile and drone exchanges to include amphibious operations targeting strategic......
The escalating military confrontation between the United States and Iran has sent a sharp warning to Taiwan. Disruptions to Persian Gulf oil exports, compounded by production cuts ......
Recent commentary has questioned the actions of Israel and the United States against Iran and described the threat posed by the Iranian regime as speculative. Such claims overlook ......
The Strait of Hormuz is currently hotter than the Taiwan Strait. As Iran aggressively mines the vital waterway and chokes off oil tanker traffic, U.S. forces are massing in the P......
U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that the ongoing military campaign against Iran will end soon because there are few military targets left to hit, but the staggering f......
On Feb. 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury, executing precision strikes against Iranian nuclear and military installations. Iran immediately reta......
There is a popular saying about "forgetting the pain once the wound heals." It aptly describes the goldfish-like memory of policymakers who fail to learn from past mistakes. The La......
On January 3rd, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, discussing an escalating confrontation with Iran, told reporters: “In the coming hours to days, we will unleash Chiang.” The ph......
On the morning of February 27, Oman's Foreign Minister flew directly to Washington for an unscheduled meeting with Vice President JD Vance. He carried what mediators believed was a......
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio signaled a massive escalation in the military campaign against Iran on Tuesday, telling reporters following congressional briefings that America......
On January 21, U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a combative 70-minute address at the annual session of the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland.
During the speech......
