Chinese company proposes $10bn investment in Afghan lithium reserves

Identified as Gochin, the company seeks to help build infrastructure and mine the national lithium reserves

Iran discovers world’s second largest lithium reserve

Iran's lithium deposits are estimated at 8.5 million metric tons, which would make it the world's second largest lithium reserve after Chile

De-dollarization kicks into high gear

The US dollar is essential to US global power projection. But in 2022, the dollar share of reserve currencies slid 10 times faster than the average in the past two decades.

How a missile in Kabul connects to a Speaker in Taipei

Washington’s hard power display of taking out Al-Qaeda’s Al-Zawahiri will not be reciprocated by Beijing over Pelosi’s provocative visit to Taiwan. It does however, definitively bury the decades-long era of cooperative US-Chinese relations.

Hacker group releases info on Mossad’s alleged involvement in Kazakhstan

This is the second leak of information on Mossad-related activity by the Open Hands hacker group

If the Taliban plays smart, Afghanistan can transform West Asia’s Silk Road story

Once the 'proud pearl' of the ancient Silk Road, Afghanistan is today in tatters. But if the Taliban plays smart, the Asian Silk Road can utterly transform the war-torn country's fortunes.