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As Australia’s biggest gas customer, Japan is alarmed by growing calls for a new tax on gas exports. Elsewhere in Asia, leaders recognize renewables can help break reliance on volatile fossil fuel supply chains.

The Iran war has shifted U.S. military capabilities out of the Indo-Pacific. Will Beijing try to take advantage?

Afghanistan is no longer viewed exclusively as a source of risks, but increasingly as a space of opportunities, especially from Central Asia’s perspective.

China is not moving from coal to renewables in a linear transition. Instead, it is attempting to expand both simultaneously.

It's not just about China. The world is now benefiting from historically cheap solar panels made in Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia.

The plan was to equip the navy with about 200 warships by 2027, but financial limitations dictate a more modest flotilla of just 170 vessels.

Philippine security officials claim to have discovered plastic bottles of cyanide on Chinese boats close to Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands.

Despite him facing charges of crimes against humanity at the ICC, support for the former Philippine leader remains strong among Filipinos abroad.

Washington and Jakarta have pledged to broaden and deepen their defense partnership, but Indonesia is unlikely to abandon its non-aligned foreign policy orientation.

With wars in Europe and the Middle East, and Chinese naval task groups operating closer to Australia, the familiar line that ‘this is our most challenging strategic environment since World War II’ is starting to ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán conceded defeat in a parliamentary election on April 12, ending his 16 years in power, after his Fidesz party lost its majority in parliament. The center-right Tisza party, led by Péter Magyar, won and is projected to have a tw…

Russia is reaping the rewards from Trump’s war in Iran, but the benefits will likely not extend beyond the short term. Here’s how Europeans can make the long term arrive more quickly

Until it was effectively closed, the waterway had been a critical artery for not only crude oil and liquefied natural gas, but several critical commodities as well. The post 15 charts that explain why the Strait of Hormuz shutdown matters for the global economy appeared first on …

The post Charai for The Jerusalem Strategic Tribune: Lebanon and Israel Have Opened a Historic Door. Washington Must Not Let Iran Shut It appeared first on Atlantic Council .

At an Atlantic Council Front Page event, Birol argued that oil prices, while high, are “not reflecting the severity of the problem” posed by the Iran war’s damage to infrastructure and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The post The IEA’s Fatih Birol: Oil prices will soon begin…

Seizing momentum in the Middle East, Ukraine is leveraging battlefield innovation and its partnership with Turkey to translate wartime experience into geopolitical influence. The post Zelenskyy’s Middle East and Turkey tour reveals a new regional order in the making appeared firs…

Many of the IMF’s latest warnings center on the fallout of the Iran war. But another key message has focused on debt: because the world has neglected fiscal consolidation for more than two decades, the time to reverse course is now. The post The debt comes due—but there is no one…

Cheng Li-wun recently visited Beijing and met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the first time a Kuomintang chair has traveled to China in a decade. The post What the Taiwanese opposition leader’s recent China visit means for Taipei, Beijing, and Washington appeared first on Atl…

On April 13, Atlantic Council vice president and Scowcroft Center senior director Matthew Kroenig was quoted in The Wall Street Journal on the US blockade of the Straight of Hormuz, arguing that the Trump administration is escalating pressure on the Iranian regime. The post Kroen…

Three years into the civil war in Sudan, about twelve million people have been forcibly displaced. Yet experts say the country’s devastating humanitarian crisis is still not getting the international attention it deserves.

Global dollar liquidity is driven far more by Asian manufacturing surpluses than by oil exporters stashing dollars away offshore. The glory days of the petrodollar are over.

We Discuss: Mentioned on the Episode: Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11, 2026 Harry Sekulich and Kate Whannel, “Starmer Says UK Will Not Join Trump’s Blockade of Iran’s Ports,” BBC Defense Technical Information Agenc…

One of the foundational documents of U.S. Cold War Strategy unnerved the president who commissioned it.

The CFR Global Trade Tracker allows you to gauge trends in international trade through time. The map below compiles trade data from 215 countries as reported to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It displays values for each country’s trade in tangible goods and, for countries…

Welcome to the Daily News Brief, CFR’s flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the day.  Top of the Agenda Israel and Lebanon are due to hold their first direct diplomatic talks in decades today amid fighting between Israel and Hezbol…