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• How China Became Asia’s Energy Middleman
  April 20, 2026
  The Iran War revealed what years of pipeline deals and LNG contracts quietly built: a Chinese stranglehold on Asia’s gas supply. When Reuters reported that Chinese companies had resold a record 19 LNG cargoes in the
• 60 Days of Oil: Is India Prepared for a Prolonged Hormuz Disruption?
  April 20, 2026
  At the world’s most critical oil chokepoint, tension rises as tankers wait and uncertainty spreads (AI Generated Image) The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalated again on Saturday as Iran reversed its reopening
• China & Taiwan Update, April 17, 2026
  April 20, 2026
  Toplines Taiwan’s opposition Kuomintang (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun reiterated standard PRC rhetoric during her April 10 meeting with CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping. The PRC is setting conditions for continued
• Pakistan Will Always Face Significant Challenges In The Soft Power Sphere
  April 20, 2026
  It lacks any importance outside of its immediate region, thus making interest in its affairs and what it has to say about developments elsewhere in the world niche, so it would be better for Pakistan to focus on
• Tracking Chinese and Russian Statements on the Iran War
  April 17, 2026
  A regularly updated compendium of Beijing and Moscow’s reactions to the fighting in Iran, Lebanon, and beyond, including analysis of the similarities and differences in their respective diplomatic approaches to the
• Taliban detain seven members in Badakhshan on ISIS links
  April 17, 2026
  Taliban intelligence has detained seven Taliban members in northeastern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province on allegations of links to ISIS’s regional affiliate, according to sources familiar with the matter. Those
• Two Taliban members killed in internal clash in Badakhshan: Sources
  April 17, 2026
  Two Taliban members were killed and another was wounded in an internal clash in northeastern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, according to people familiar with the incident. Sources told Amu TV on Thursday that the
• Experts highlight future of Central Asia-Afghanistan dialogue at Tashkent roundtable
  April 17, 2026
  Participants focused on the future direction of the consultative dialogue and its role in promoting bilateral ties and broader regional cooperation. Regional experts and policymakers have underscored the growing
• IEA FM discusses recent Kabul–Islamabad talks in China with Saudi ambassador
  April 17, 2026
  Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, and Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Kabul, Faisal bin Talq Al-Baqmi, discussed regional developments and recent talks between
• L’Empire de la piraterie tente surtout d’imposer un blocus à la Chine
  April 17, 2026
  Dans son délire suprémaciste légendaire, le secrétaire au Trésor américain Scott Bessent a déclaré que la Chine ne sera plus en mesure de s’approvisionner en pétrole auprès de l’Iran. Saluons tous le