Toward Decline
The Pacific’s fuel shock extracts a price from women
Lowy Institute Institutional·2026-06-11EnergyP1: Resource SovereigntyP5: Strategic DecouplingP8: Northern Arc
Why it matters
A fuel emergency in Pacific shipping routes threatens Australia's fuel reserves and supply chains, directly impairing resource sovereignty and energy security in the Northern Arc. The gendered economic impact reveals critical vulnerabilities in social resilience to strategic shocks, signalling broader fragility across Indo-Pacific allied economies dependent on contested sea lanes.
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