THE 2-MINUTE RULE FOR GEOPOLITICS ISRAEL IRAN INDIA PAKISTAN CHINA TAIWAN PHILIPPINES UNITED STATES RUSSIA CONFLICT

this informative article appeared within the Finance & economics area of your print version underneath the headline “The anti-Western axis” China is perhaps the only nation which has solid political and economic leverage vis-à-vis both Pakistan and Iran.  Parallel to the Middle East is the ever more unstable condition in the Taiwan Strait.