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A forgotten crisis explains today’s oil shock and Asia’s likely next steps
The 1953 Nissho Maru incident suggests Asian economies could chart a different way forward.
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Asian economies will stop at nothing to secure energy independence, even if it angers Western allies.
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A Japanese oil tanker slips through the Strait of Hormuz in the dead of night, radio silenced to conceal its position. Iran secures a market for its crude in defiance of Western sanctions. The balance of the world’s energy trade switches from incumbent hegemons towards emerging powers.
