Pepe Escobar on Imperial Dire Straits: After Hormuz, Malacca

All the world is learning that putting Mordor in its place does not require great military force.
It is a matter of controlling waterways with narrow choke points.

Pepe’s article discusses other waterways and the geopolitics of controlling them.
“Enter the Strait of Malacca: connecting the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea; only 2.8 km at its narrowest point (much narrower than Hormuz); handling 30% of global maritime trade; transiting as many as 25 million barrels of oil a day, before the current blockade.”
~ Quote from Pepe Escobar
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