# Iran, China, Taiwan & the New World Order | Silk and Steel Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-news-315425/iran-china-taiwan-the-new-world-order-silk-and-steel Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-news-315425/iran-china-taiwan-the-new-world-order-silk-and-steel.md Podcast: [UK Column News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-news-315425) Published: 2026-05-22T20:44:01+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukcolumn/episodes/Iran--China--Taiwan--the-New-World-Order--Silk-and-Steel-e3jnq1t Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/1044e334c/podcast/play/120366589/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-22%2F424671809-44100-2-f4104b9d163c3.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/uk-column-news-315425/episodes/iran-china-taiwan-the-new-world-order-silk-and-steel Duration seconds: 3199 ## Resource Iran, China, Taiwan & the New World Order | Silk and Steel ► Subscribe to the UK Column YouTube channel ► https://bit.ly/ukcolumnofficial In this explosive episode of Reason to Resist, Dimitri Lascaris speaks with Silk and Steel host Carl Zha about the rapidly escalating geopolitical crisis involving Iran, China, Taiwan, Russia, and the future of the global order. Carl explains why the Strait of Hormuz crisis could accelerate the collapse of US unipolar dominance, how China is quietly supporting Iran while avoiding direct confrontation, and why Washington no longer holds the strategic upper hand in Asia. The conversation dives deep into: • China’s balancing act between Iran and Gulf states • The Strait of Hormuz and global energy crisis • Why Indonesia and Southeast Asia are being hit economically • Taiwan politics and growing fears of becoming “the next Ukraine” • Trump’s visit to China and changing US strategy • The decline of American leverage over China • IMEC vs the Belt and Road Initiative • China-Russia coordination amid escalating global conflict • Why decoupling the US and Chinese economies may be impossible • Rare earths, sanctions, semiconductors, and economic warfare ► Join UK Column Live every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1pm UK time or watch previous live recordings here: https://bit.ly/UKColumn_Live ► [UK Column Website] Explore all our written and video content on the official UK Column website: https://www.ukcolumn.org/ ► [Support UK Column] Please donate to support our independent journalism & investigative journalism: https://support.ukcolumn.org/ ► [UK Column YouTube] Please subscribe to the UK Column News YouTube channel for more alternative news and independent news: https://bit.ly/ukcolumnofficial Follow #UKColumn on: ► X: https://x.co… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/uk-column-news-315425/episodes/iran-china-taiwan-the-new-world-order-silk-and-steel/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-news-315425/iran-china-taiwan-the-new-world-order-silk-and-steel.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.