PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s call for a regional oil-sharing mechanism and joint stockpiling across Southeast Asia is unlikely to materialize in the near term, analysts said, as the Middle East crisis exposes deep structural gaps in the region’s energy systems.
Ederson DT. Tapia, a political science professor at the University of Makati, said differing energy profiles among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) complicate efforts to establish a unified response during supply disruptions.
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