Asia Is Bearing the Brunt of the Iran War Energy Crisis

About this episode

The episode discusses the energy crisis in Asia caused by the Iran War, highlighting the impact on fuel prices in Pakistan and cooking gas shortages in India.

From soaring fuel prices in Pakistan to a shortage of cooking gas in India, Asia is bearing the brunt of the energy crunch sparked by the Iran War. On today’s Big Take Asia podcast we look at how war in the Middle East has pushed Asia to the forefront of a global crisis. Host K. Oanh Ha speaks with Bloomberg’s Faseeh Mangi about the impact of soaring fuel prices in Pakistan and Clara Ferreira Marques about how the least economically resilient countries are feeling the most pain.   Hosted by K. Oanh Ha; Produced by Yang Yang, Naomi Ng;  Reported by Faseeh Mangi, Clara Ferreira Marques;  Edited by Paddy Hirsch. Fact-checking by Naomi Ng, Eleanor Harrison-Dengate;  Engineering by Taka Yasuzawa. Senior Producer: Naomi Shavin; Deputy Executive Producer: Julia Weaver; Executive Producer: Nicole Beemsterboer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: K. Oanh Ha

Guests: Faseeh Mangi, Clara Ferreira Marques

Topics covered

• energy crisis
• Iran War
• fuel prices
• Asia
• economic impact
• Middle East

Keywords

• energy crisis
• Iran War
• fuel prices
• Pakistan
• India
• cooking gas
• economic resilience

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bloomberg

Places: Pakistan, India

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