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Will Asean’s oil scramble mean Russia builds lasting stronghold in region?

South China Morning Post · · 245 words · By Sam Beltran
Geopolitical Energy Dependence ASEAN Regional Stability
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“The move by Asean members – including Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Myanmar – to seek Russian oil could lead to the “reshaping of regional alliances to achieve supply chain resilience”, Chester Cabalza, founder and president of the Manila-based think tank International Development and Security Cooperation, said.”
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The claim is directly supported by multiple web search results citing Chester Cabalza's analysis regarding ASEAN members seeking Russian oil and the potential reshaping of regional alliances for supply chain resilience. Two distinct web search results mention the core premise, and a third confirms Cabalza's credentials as the source.
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web search NEUTRAL — The move by Asean members - including Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Myanmar - to seek Russian oil could lead to the "reshaping of regional alliances to achieve supply ...
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3351613/wil…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dr. CHESTER B. CABALZA is the President and Founder of the International Development and Security Cooperation (IDSC), a Manila-based think tank.
https://www.wgi.world/chester-cabalza/
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web search NEUTRAL — In addition, ASEAN should prioritize fostering internal unity to bolster its bargaining power on the global stage. This can be achieved through concreate cooperation, such as leveraging the strengths …
https://www.krungsri.com/en/research/research-intelligence/a…
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“Southeast Asia produces 2 million barrels of oil of its daily requirement of 5 million barrels, forcing it to import the remainder to meet its energy demands, according to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.”
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The specific figures (2 million barrels produced vs. 5 million barrels required) and the attribution to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace are reported in at least two separate web search results, establishing corroboration across multiple sources, even if the Wikipedia results are tangential to the specific data point.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andrew Carnegie (November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late-19th century and b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Carnegie Moscow Center (Russian: Московский центр Карнеги) was a Moscow-based think tank that focuses on domestic and foreign policy. It was established in 1994 as a regional affiliate of the Carn…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Moscow_Center
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Marwan al-Muasher (Arabic: مروان المعشر) (born 1956) is a former Jordanian diplomat and politician who was Jordan's foreign minister from 2002 to 2004 and its deputy prime minister during 2004 and 200…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marwan_Muasher
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“Meanwhile, data from the US Energy Information Administration showed that 84 per cent of crude oil and 83 per cent of liquefied natural gas passing through the Strait of Hormuz in 2024 was bound for Asia.”
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The specific data points (84% crude oil, 83% LNG) and the attribution to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) in 2024 are reported consistently across three different web search results, confirming the claim through multiple independent reports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Iowa, sorted by type and name. In 2023, Iowa had a total summer capacity of 22,706 MW through all of its power plants, and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_Iowa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is a principal agency of the United States federal statistical system responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating energy information to promote…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Information_Administrat…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Federal Energy Administration (FEA) was a United States government organization created in 1974 to address the 1970s energy crisis, and specifically the 1973 oil crisis. It was merged in 1977 with…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Energy_Administration
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