The world is already burning in two places. The Asia-Pacific does not need to become a third. Yet Taiwan's current political climate — marked by a government that conflates dialogu......
President Donald Trump has long treated politics as a highly publicized performance characterized by blunt declarative sentences and consistently raised stakes. He recently extende......
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......
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......
For commuters and small businesses dependent on logistics in Taiwan, one immediate concern has been fuel costs.Taiwan's state-owned oil firm CPC Corp will raise petrol and diesel p......
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......
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......
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......
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......
Iran, which has twice been drawn into conflicts with the United States and Israel over the past year, was already a dominant oil power in the Middle East during the reign of Shah M......
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......
Nearly two weeks after the United States and Israel launched large-scale military operations against Iran, the Middle East remains engulfed in conflict, raising severe concerns for......
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......
As tensions in the Middle East continue to escalate — from the conflict in Gaza to the security crisis in the Red Sea — international commentary has focused largely on military dyn......
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced Friday that Japan will independently tap into its national strategic petroleum reserves as early as Monday, citing escalating confl......
Escalating conflicts in the Middle East that briefly pushed Brent crude oil past $100 a barrel are significantly amplifying market volatility, prompting BNP Paribas Wealth Manageme......
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......
Secretary of State Marco Rubio's suggestion that Israeli determination to strike Iran compelled U.S. action has drawn domestic and international criticism, forcing him to walk back......
Oil prices surged by more than 10% during Asian trading hours on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, after a joint United States–Israeli military operation killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatoll......
President Donald Trump warned Monday that the U.S. military offensive against Iran could last a month or longer, declaring that American forces will continue operations "no matter ......
As the conflict in the Middle East rapidly escalates, the Taiwanese government is facing mounting domestic criticism over its overseas emergency response. The controversy ignited w......
After U.S. President Donald Trump announced the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's official news agency said on March 1 that Khamenei had been killed on ......
Facing a tense nuclear standoff, President Donald Trump has revived his signature "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran, issuing a 10-day ultimatum that has left the Middle East......
