By Mark Buckton in Taipei The ongoing war in Iran, ignited by a combination of US and Israeli strikes on a globally ...

History suggests the energy crunch is just the beginning of a chain reaction that ends with a food and social stability ...

The Central Asian republics are not keen on seeing Iran collapse right on their borders. The drones that struck Azerbaijan on March 5 did more than wound four people. They shattered the illusion that ...

Over the past decade, analysts have increasingly viewed Iranian transit routes as Central Asia’s most promising path to the sea. For much of the past three decades, Central Asia’s economic strategy ...

People play football at Higashi-Ogishima Higashi Park, as energy storage tanks are seen near an oil refinery in the Keihin Industrial Zone, a major industrial belt of Tokyo Bay, in Kawasaki, Japan, on ...

TOKYO — When the United States pulled its only aircraft carrier based in Asia to support the military surge in Afghanistan back in 2010, allies in the region had little concern that China or North ...

Nepali consumers wait in line to collect a half-filled gas cylinder at the Nepal Oil Corporation depot in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 13, 2026. Reporter As the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran continues ...

American officials have said for years that they would prioritize the Indo-Pacific. Now they’re moving warships, missiles and air defenses out for a war in the Middle East. By Damien Cave Choe ...

Asian economies heavily dependent on imported oil and gas face higher fuel costs, widening trade deficits and slower growth if disruption to Middle East energy flows persists. Asian economies reliant ...

As Iran’s energy problems grow, the Islamic Republic can no longer rely on its geography alone to attract investment from Central Asia. US and Israeli military strikes on Iran have placed the ...

Trump on Monday told reporters that the United States has held talks with Iran and that the two sides had “major points of ...