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Speaking in Beijing on March 26, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of “immeasurably serious consequences” if energy and nuclear facilities are targeted amid the expanding Middle East conflict. The warning echoes Wang’s March 8 message at the 14th National People’s Congress: China and India should The post Shared energy stakes call for greater China-India cooperation appeared first on Asia Times.

For all their claims of military success in their war with Iran, the United States and Israel have yet to clearly define their rationale for starting the conflict, their goals and their exit strategy. With the Iranian regime having mounted a robust response, the Middle East has been plunged into an unnecessary confrontation with no The post Trump underestimated Iran’s resilience, gutting his exit options appeared first on Asia Times.

For years, markets have treated geopolitical tension as a one-way trade: buy dollars, sell Asia.  The logic has been simple and, until now, largely reliable. Conflict pushes oil higher, capital rushes into US assets and Asian currencies weaken under the combined weight of rising import costs and capital outflows. But March 2026 has started to The post Iran war shows dollar’s grip starting to slip on Asia appeared first on Asia Times.

There is a certain dark comedy in watching Washington once again discover — after the bodies have piled up and the treasury has been bled — that the war it started cannot be won on the battlefield. The US conflict with Iran, like so many of its predecessors in the region, was launched with the The post Only China can end the Iran war appeared first on Asia Times.