What «Drill, Baby, Drill» Means in the South China Sea
Pepe Escobar
has examined how the South China Sea's history is now colliding with
imperatives derived from the Westphalian system, and how the US's «pivot
to Asia» is accelerating conflict. He
has also examined how the US Navy's obsession with «access» actually
tramples which sovereign nation is entitled to profit from the
surrounding waters of a bunch of islands or «rocks».
And then, there's that inescapable logic that envelops all energy wars: «It’s the oil, stupid».
