Li Chung-chien

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U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP)

Trump Sought a "Birthday Deal" with Iran — Tehran Made Him Wait

A large anti-American poster displayed at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) Square in central Tehran, Iran, on April 5, 2026, depicting a captured American warplane. The slogan, written in Farsi, reads: 'The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed — the e

43 Aircraft Lost and Counting: The Mounting Cost of America's Air War Against Iran

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun exchange military salutes on May 14, 2026. (AP)

Is Taiwan a Bargaining Chip? The Risks of Trump’s New Cross-Strait Strategy

On May 6, 2026, at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands, medical personnel assist a patient suspected of being infected with hantavirus. The patient had previously been evacuated from the MV Hondius oil tanker. (AP)

WHO Chief Rushes to Spain as Hantavirus Cruise Ship Docks: 'This Is Not Another COVID'

On May 15, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled visit the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (AP)

UAE Exits OPEC: How a Strategic Oil Breakup Is Shaking the Global Energy Market

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (AP)

Trump Predicts Xi 'Big Hug' on Middle East – But Xi Breaks Silence on Hormuz

U.S. President Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One, April 16, 2026. (AP)

U.S. Navy Seizes Iranian Ship in Gulf of Oman — Will Ceasefire Talks Survive?

Ships pass through the Arabian Gulf toward the Strait of Hormuz on March 23, 2026. (AP)

Talks Collapse, Trump Orders Full Hormuz Blockade: Global Oil Shock Incoming

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on March 31, 2026. (AP)

'Go Get Your Own Oil': Trump Gives Iran War a Three-Week Expiration Date

U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP)

Trump Faces Political Crisis As Iran War And High Gas Prices Sink Approval Ratings

U.S. President Donald Trump visits Elvis Presley's former home in Tennessee on March 23, 2026. (AP)

Trump's "TACO" Problem: How Strategic Bluffing Is Failing in the Iran War

Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell appeared at a forum hosted by Washington think tank the Atlantic Council on the 23rd to analyze President Trump's planned future visit to Beijing.(CNA)

Middle East War, East Asian Fallout: What Campbell Fears Most for Taiwan

On March 11, 2026, a man walks along the coast of the Strait of Hormuz in Khor Fakkan, UAE, with oil tankers and cargo ships visible in the distance. (AP)

Hormuz Disruption Threatens AI Boom as Energy and Chip Supply Chains Strain

Marines aboard the U.S. amphibious assault ship USS America. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Seventh Fleet)

CPC's Price Shield Is Cracking — and the Strait of Hormuz Offers No Relief

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on March 19, 2026. (AP)

Trump Invokes Pearl Harbor to Deflect Questions on Iran Strike

Qatar's natural gas production facilities. (AP)

From South Pars to Ras Laffan: How an Israeli Strike Unraveled the Gulf's Energy Order

On March 14, 2026, debris from an intercepted Iranian drone struck an oil facility in the United Arab Emirates, triggering a fire and billowing black smoke. (AP)

Israel Strikes Iran's Largest Gas Field— Oil Eyes $200

U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. (AP)

U.S. Intelligence: China Has No Timetable to Take Taiwan by Force

Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joseph Kent. (National Counterterrorism Center official website)

"I Cannot in Good Conscience" — Senior Trump Aide Resigns, Says U.S. Was Deceived by Israel

U.S. President Donald Trump. (Associated Press)

Xi Summit Shelved, Oil Surging, Allies Balking — The Middle East War Is Costing America