The Business Times

Hao Nan

THE WRITER IS A RESEARCH FELLOW WITH THE CHARHAR INSTITUTE

The central question is whether Iran can make the economic price of continuing the war too high, too global and too prolonged to ignore.

Iran’s real weapon is the world economy

Missiles, drones, mining threats and selective maritime disruption can be enough to make insurers, traders, shipowners and governments reprice risk

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Feb 25. Instead of the West versus China, the real story concerns how middle powers are widening their economic options under Trump-era volatility while keeping their security anchoring intact.

Hedging or realigning: mapping the West’s China policy since Trump 2.0

The West is not breaking – it is modularising

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