US has left Malaccan states no choice but to charge tolls

For decades, the rules-based international order provided an often-functional “guarantee” that the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints would remain open, navigable and shielded from the friction of great power competition. That era is now over. In the span of a single year, aggressive US maneuvering has muddied international consensus on freedom of navigation, replacing the […] The post US has left Malaccan states no choice but to charge tolls appeared first on Asia Times .

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