Kuala Lampur, May 4 -- The world is learning, perhaps too late, that energy security cannot be improvised in the midst of war.

As tensions in West Asia linger under an open-ended and fragile ceasefire between the United States, Israel, and Iran, hopes that alternative oil supplies - especially from Russia - can stabilise global markets are proving increasingly tenuous. A recent report by CNA underscores this vulnerability.

Ukrainian drones have reportedly struck Russia's Primorsk port, a critical oil export terminal on the Baltic Sea, targeting oil tankers and even military vessels. This development is not merely tactical - it is systemic.

It signals that no energy corridor, however distant from the Strait of Hormuz, is immune from the...