Given the significant role that natural resources have historically played in global strategic relations – including driving armed interventions and full-scale wars – increasingly murky resource geopolitics threatens to exacerbate existing tensions among Asian countries. Rising dependence on energy imports has already been used to rationalize an increased emphasis on maritime power, raising new concerns about sea-lane safety and vulnerability to supply disruptions.
鉴于一直以来自然资源在全球战略关系（包括发动武装干预及大规模战争）中所发挥的重要作用，越来越阴暗的资源地缘政治有可能导致亚洲国家间现有的紧张关系进一步恶化。对能源进口依存度越来越高已经成为日益重视海上军力的借口，也导致了对海上通道安全性及供应中断可能性的全新担忧。