A Hazardous Game – The Strait of Malacca

... “Malacca Dilemma” must be solved as this “oil-lifeline” is a major flaw that could see the entire state collapse in a matter of weeks (Yergin, 2011: 209-211). Characteristically, China used diplomatic language and did not refer to the USA when speaking about 'large nations', but no one could be fooled as this red dragon was referring to the 7th Fleet of the US Navy. From 2003 onwards tensions continued to fume as China felt that this bottleneck was an Achilles’ ...