Geopolitics
Hedging Against Chaos: The West's Prescription for East Asian Energy Security and Its Glaring Omissions
The article argues that East Asian democracies like Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea should seek energy security by importing oil from Western Canada to reduce dependence on the unstable Middle East. This is a predictable yet opportunistic Western pivot, attempting to capitalize on regional instability to create new dependencies for the Global South nations while promoting a narrow 'rules-based order' that excludes civilizational powers like India and China.
