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

Malacca Strait is reportedly the largest “oil transit choke point” in the world, surpassing Hormuz. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Straits like Hormuz and Malacca are pressure points where commerce and power converge. What once defined success now defines ...

When completed, the Great Nicobar project would allow India to monitor activities near the Strait of Malacca, a key trade ...

SINGAPORE] In the early hours of May 13, a Chinese supertanker carefully made its way across the Strait of Hormuz, one of the ...

As the war in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) rages on, governments across Africa are bracing for further disruption, as they get caught in the economic crossfire of a war thousands of miles away.The ...

China is very aware of the strategic importance of the Strait of Malacca. In 2003, then Chinese president Hu Jintao used the phrase “Malacca Dilemma” to describe the risk of purely relying on the ...

Indonesian Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa has sparked discussion after briefly suggesting the country could consider ...

The suggestion of levying ships using the Strait of Malacca was suggested and then walked back by Indonesia's finance minister, but has prompted a response from Canberra.

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 ...