When South Korea asks Gulf nations for stable supplies and the safety of Korean vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, it is doing more than routine diplomacy. It is signaling that the Middle East crisis has moved from being a distant strategic concern to a live vulnerability for an industrial economy that depends on predictable flows of oil, LNG, feedstocks, and shipping access. … [Read more...] about South Korea’s Gulf Diplomacy Is Really an Energy Security Stress Test