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Philip Bowring

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Journalist based in Asia. Author of the book Empire of the Wind: The Global Role of Asia's Great Archipelago (@nusantaria)
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Gulf’s Mini States in The Spotlight

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By Philip Bowring
| Asia Sentinel Verified
The British empire left behind many issues at the heart of world troubles today. Among the least recognized but a key to ongoing problems in the Middle East and the Gulf regions in particular is one represented by just four figures. Three Gulf statelets with a citizen population totaling about 2.5 million produce – or would be producing but for the closure of Hormuz, about seven million barrels a day of oil, more than 5 percent of the global total plus enormous quantities of gas.
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Trump Goes To China a Supplicant Amid a Distrustful Asia

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By Philip Bowring
| Asia Sentinel Verified
It is more in sorrow than anger that much of East and Southeast Asia perceives the US under Donald Trump to be drifting all too rapidly away. By default, the primary beneficiary is China, though there are some signs that disappointment with the US is strengthening other ties which are not necessarily to China’s advantage. Trump arrives in China against a backdrop of a war he started but cannot yet finish.
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The Global Rise of Monster SUVs

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By Philip Bowring
| Asia Sentinel Verified
Could the current (and worsening) global energy crisis have one small silver lining: halting the advance of the monstrous regiment of sports utility vehicles (SUVs)?
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