Middle-East: Asia's Energy Hostage

21/03/2026 1:16 PM Asia's Energy Hostage: How Iran's Hormuz Gamble Turned the Indo-Pacific Against Tehran. When Iran moved to close the Strait of Hormuz in late February 2026, Western commentators rushed to frame it as round two of the US-Iran standoff. They missed the point. The first countries to take the hit weren't American. They were Asian. China,...