With oil, gas and fertilizer imports squeezed by the Iran war, Southeast Asian governments are brushing off EU pressure and treating Russian energy as a tool of economic survival.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is meeting today for a summit in the Philippines. The central focus is on sharply rising oil prices; Southeast Asia is heavily dependent on oil imports. Countries that are part of ASEAN include Brunei, Cambodia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Singapore. "The situation in certain countries is quite dire," says Friso Dubbelboer, political scientist and geopolitical analyst affi…
The oil tanker appeared on the horizon of the Philippine Sea. Sara Sky, with the flag of Sierra Leone, was the first to dock in Manila loaded with more than 700,000 barrels of...