Wesley Morgan - South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/rss/515534/feed Wesley Morgan is an adjunct research fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, at Griffith University in Australia. He is also research coordinator at Pacific Connections (Australia), a research associate at the Development Policy Centre, Australian National University and an honorary research fellow at the East Asia Security Centre, Bond University. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png Wesley Morgan - South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com Wesley Morgan,Ben Newell Wesley Morgan,Ben Newell US President Donald Trump is a long-time climate denier and oil industry ally, who sums up his own energy policy as “drill, baby, drill”. Yet he is doing more than almost anyone to speed up the global shift from fossil fuels to clean energy and electric vehicles. After the US and Israel struck Iran in late February, Tehran closed the Strait of Hormuz and triggered the largest disruption of oil supply in history. Ironically for Trump and his oil industry donors, this crisis may be an irreversible... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3351337/trumps-oil-crisis-accelerating-end-fossil-fuel-era?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3351337/trumps-oil-crisis-accelerating-end-fossil-fuel-era?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:00:09 +0000 Trump’s oil crisis is accelerating the end of the fossil fuel era Last week, Foreign Minister Penny Wong laid out the strategic challenges facing Australia in a major speech. Wong described great power competition involving China, America and Russia. She warned of the risk of conflict in our region as China expands its sphere of influence. And she defended the Aukus nuclear submarine deal with the United States and Britain. But these are traditional challenges: nation against nation. Australia needs a similar declaration of the catastrophic security... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3218338/australia-needs-greater-climate-focus-foreign-policy-remain-credible-partner-asia-pacific?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3218338/australia-needs-greater-climate-focus-foreign-policy-remain-credible-partner-asia-pacific?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Apr 2023 20:00:19 +0000 Australia needs greater climate focus in foreign policy to remain credible partner in Asia-Pacific