When Iran struck the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan with missiles and drones on July 17, killing two American soldiers and wounding several others, it lit a fuse that neither Wa......
Richard Koo (辜朝明), chief economist at Nomura Research Institute (野村總合研究所) in Japan, has argued that the current crisis involving Iran and the United States was largely set in motio......
Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed this week that the Trump administration is holding up a $14 billion arms package for Taiwan, telling Congress the deal remains under review......
A four-month conflict that has killed thousands and severed one-fifth of global energy transit came to a turning point in the early hours of Monday, June 15, when US Presiden......
An Apache crash in the Strait of Hormuz has put a number on a brutal reality — U.S. air power is hemorrhaging assets at a rate not seen since Vietnam, and the bill is already $29 b......
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi confirmed on the evening of May 15 that U.S. President Donald Trump called her directly from Air Force One shortly after departing China, off......
Security has been tightened around Tiananmen Square for days. A state banquet is planned, along with a visit to the Temple of Heaven. China, theBBC reports, is ready to put on a sh......
Two months into the U.S.-Iran war, a ceasefire that President Trump declared indefinite has held — for now. Negotiations have lurched on and off, and reports emerged this week that......
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi in Beijing on May 6, offering some of China's most pointed criticism of the US-Israel conflict with......
At a moment when U.S.-Iran negotiations have reached a deadlock, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on April 28 that it will formally withdraw from the Organization of the Pe......
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on the 21st an indefinite extension of a ceasefire with Iran, moving beyond the original 14-day window and pledging to maintain it until negot......
Just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters he was "ready to resume bombing Iran," he reversed course and unilaterally declared an "indefinite ceasefire" — a patter......
"China is very happy that I am permanently opening the Strait of Hormuz. I am doing it for them, also - And the World. This situation will never happen again.They have agreed not t......
With less than 48 hours before a US-Iran ceasefire was set to expire, the Pentagon confirmed on April 19 that US forces had opened fire on an Iranian cargo vessel attempting to bre......
In mid-April 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a naval blockade targeting shipping lanes near the Strait of Hormuz, seeking to pressure Iran into negotiating concessions ......
Nearly 50 days into the Iran war, which began on February 28, neither of Washington's two core objectives — permanently ending Iran's nuclear ambitions and securing free passage th......
Nuclear weapons, largely overlooked in global discourse since the Cold War ended, are quietly re-emerging as a topic of serious debate. Four years of ongoing war in Ukraine, Presid......
A revealing contradiction has emerged at the heart of the Lai Ching-te (賴清德) administration's consumer policy. On one side, the government has frozen fuel prices, with Premier Cho ......
South Korea has begun sharing detailed information on its vessels with Iranian authorities as it seeks to secure safe passage for ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz amid ongoin......
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 ......
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......
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 ......
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......
The conflict in the Gulf has triggered a global energy crisis, forcing countries dependent on Gulf oil to ration consumption and rethink supply chains. The International Energy Age......
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 ......
Before the First World War, Europe existed under what appeared to be a stable, even prosperous imperial order. Leaders across the continent believed that even if conflict broke out......
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......
Since the United States and Israel launched airstrikes on Feb. 28, the conflict has spread along the Axis of Resistance deep into the Gulf, generating a four-front war of compoundi......
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......
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......
As U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran ignite a broader Middle East conflict and the threat of a closure of the Strait of Hormuz looms over global energy markets, Taiwan is already fe......
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 has lost nearly $1,000 per ounce since military strikes by the United States and Israel on Iran pushed prices above $5,000. As of March 24, the precious metal was trading arou......
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......
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......
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......
With the United States struggling to find allies willing to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, Taiwan should proactively offer to send naval vessels to the Middle East — fully expec......
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......
South Korea has secured a commitment from the United Arab Emirates to treat Seoul as its top priority for crude oil exports, a senior presidential aide announced, as Iran's blockad......
The Japanese government has launched a legal review to determine whether it can deploy the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. The ......
Since the launch of Operation Epic Fury on February 28, U.S. and Israeli forces have, over 18 days of combat through March 17, killed 49 senior Iranian officials — including Suprem......
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......
