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India Walks a Tightrope on Iran War as BRICS Frictions Grow
India is increasingly positioning itself as a behind-the-scenes broker within BRICS as divisions widen over the Iran conflict. But the effort is exposing tensions inside the bloc. Officials say New Delhi is actively facilitating diverging opinions among BRICS members on how to respond to ...
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Chinese Scholar Returns From Iran With Stark Account of Unrest and U.S. Influence
Marking one of the first visits by a Chinese scholar to Iran since the country’s violent nationwide protests that left thousands dead, Fan Hongda, one of China’s most prominent Iran scholars and director of the China-Middle East Institute at Shaoxing University in Zhejiang province, revealed the ...
U.S. and China Take Divergent Paths in the New West Asia
The United States and China are pursuing sharply different strategies in a region that is no longer best understood as the "Middle East," but as part of a broader Asian-centered geopolitical system historically described as "West Asia."
Employees work at an assembly line producing car smartphone holders at a plastic accessories factory, as rising oil prices drive up production costs for plastic manufacturers, in Dongguan, Guangdong province, China, April 2, 2026. REUTERS/Go Nakamura
By Minwoo Park, Kaori Kaneko and John Geddie An 'eco-friendly' range of paper tubes and pouches touted by Yonwoo, a South Korean maker of packaging for cosmetics, has reaped unexpected benefits from the Iran war, which has disrupted supplies of the plastic needed to turn ...
India Walks a Tightrope on Iran War as BRICS Frictions Grow
India is increasingly positioning itself as a behind-the-scenes broker within BRICS as divisions widen over the Iran conflict. But the effort is exposing tensions inside the bloc. Officials say New Delhi is actively facilitating diverging opinions among BRICS members on how to respond to ...
Chinese Scholar Returns From Iran With Stark Account of Unrest and U.S. Influence
Marking one of the first visits by a Chinese scholar to Iran since the country’s violent nationwide protests that left thousands dead, Fan Hongda, one of China’s most prominent Iran scholars and director of the China-Middle East Institute at Shaoxing University in Zhejiang province, revealed the ...
U.S. and China Take Divergent Paths in the New West Asia
The United States and China are pursuing sharply different strategies in a region that is no longer best understood as the "Middle East," but as part of a broader Asian-centered geopolitical system historically described as "West Asia."