Strait of Malacca: The critical trade route you’ve never heard of

China is very aware of the strategic importance of the Strait of Malacca. In 2003, then Chinese president Hu Jintao used the ...

Is China The Real Target? After Hormuz, US Turns To Malacca

After Hormuz, the US eyes the Strait of Malacca. Is China the real target of the US' latest geopolitical moves?
Council on Foreign RelationsOpinion

After Hormuz, Southeast Asia Sees the Potential Value of Tolling the Strait of Malacca

Joshua Kurlantzick is senior fellow for Southeast Asia and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations. Iran has suffered ...

Aussies warned about the nation’s reliance on the Strait of Malacca as tanker traffic plummets

In the first few days after war broke out in the Middle East, the number of oil tankers passing through the Strait of Malacca, north of Australia, carried on as normal.
Al-Monitor

Explainer-Hormuz crisis throws spotlight on world's largest 'chokepoint' - the Malacca Strait

FILE PHOTO: A container ship enters the Singapore Strait for the Strait of Malacca, as tourists stand at mainland Asia's southern most point in Johor, Malaysia November 12, 2016. Picture taken ...

Could the Strait of Malacca be the next global flashpoint?

South-east Asia is becoming more explicitly tied into great-power competition, and the Strait of Malacca is at the centre of it.

'Five Straits' Trap: How Hormuz Blockade Exposes Global Oil's Fatal Flaw

Iran's Hormuz blockade affecting 20-25% of global crude exposes the 'five straits' crisis: volatile chokepoints (Hormuz, Bab al-Mandab, Malacca, Suez, Turkish) shipping 60M barrels/day affected by ...

Hormuz Now- Malacca Next_ Why India Should Watch Out The Narrow Passage Called China-s Dilemma

India looks powerful on the map. But zoom into the world's maritime routes and a different picture emerges — one where India ...