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Asia-Pacific tension today

Updated 2026-09-21 06:00 UTC
58
Moderate
+3.3 vs its 30-day average of 54.7

What this means

Active conflicts are shaping coverage and prices. Worth watching supply routes that pass through here.

Covers the Korean peninsula, the Taiwan Strait, South Asia and Myanmar. Key driver: Afghan Conflict, Insurgencies in Pakistan.

Tracked conflicts in this region

from our own corpus
ConflictTrendHeadlines / 30dLast activity
Afghan Conflict
Minor War · since 1978
ACTIVE42026-09-17
Insurgencies in Pakistan
Conflict · since 2004
ACTIVE42026-09-18
Myanmar Civil War
Major War · since 1948
ACTIVE02026-09-17
Kashmir Conflict
Conflict · since 1947
ACTIVE02026-09-17

Conflicts go dormant after 30 quiet days and retire after 120; candidates are surfaced for review on the conflicts page.

Month by month

MonthAverageLowHighZone
March 202670.06771High Tension
April 202667.96470High Tension
May 202666.96470Moderate
June 202664.46068Moderate
July 202663.85870Moderate
August 202655.35158Moderate
September 202655.55258Moderate

Last 60 days

DateScoreZoneChange
2026-07-2460Moderate
2026-07-2560Moderate0
2026-07-2661Moderate+1
2026-07-2760Moderate-1
2026-07-2859Moderate-1
2026-07-2960Moderate+1
2026-07-3059Moderate-1
2026-07-3158Moderate-1
2026-08-0157Moderate-1
2026-08-0258Moderate+1
2026-08-0358Moderate0
2026-08-0458Moderate0
2026-08-0557Moderate-1
2026-08-0656Moderate-1
2026-08-0756Moderate0
2026-08-0855Moderate-1
2026-08-0956Moderate+1
2026-08-1058Moderate+2
2026-08-1157Moderate-1
2026-08-1256Moderate-1
2026-08-1355Moderate-1
2026-08-1454Stable-1
2026-08-1554Stable0
2026-08-1655Moderate+1
2026-08-1755Moderate0
2026-08-1858Moderate+3
2026-08-1957Moderate-1
2026-08-2057Moderate0
2026-08-2156Moderate-1
2026-08-2255Moderate-1
2026-08-2354Stable-1
2026-08-2454Stable0
2026-08-2554Stable0
2026-08-2654Stable0
2026-08-2752Stable-2
2026-08-2852Stable0
2026-08-2953Stable+1
2026-08-3051Stable-2
2026-08-3152Stable+1
2026-09-0152Stable0
2026-09-0254Stable+2
2026-09-0354Stable0
2026-09-0454Stable0
2026-09-0554Stable0
2026-09-0654Stable0
2026-09-0754Stable0
2026-09-0855Moderate+1
2026-09-0955Moderate0
2026-09-1055Moderate0
2026-09-1156Moderate+1
2026-09-1256Moderate0
2026-09-1356Moderate0
2026-09-1458Moderate+2
2026-09-1557Moderate-1
2026-09-1658Moderate+1
2026-09-1757Moderate-1
2026-09-1856Moderate-1
2026-09-1955Moderate-1
2026-09-2058Moderate+3
2026-09-2158Moderate0

How the regional score works

Built from the roster and the world score. Each region starts from its tracked conflicts (major wars weigh most, escalating ones add more) and is blended 55/45 with the World Tension score, so a quiet region still feels a global shock. Conflicts are recognised in our own news corpus; no third-party provider is involved.

Machine-readable: /api/v1/day/{date} (field regions.asia_pacific) · all regions · conflict roster · CC BY 4.0