This scenario, known as the "Malacca Dilemma" among political scientists, posits a blockade that would disrupt China's naval communications and severely restrict energy imports from the Middle East.

It argues that, in the context of South and Southeast Asia, the BRI represents China’s strategic effort to gain predominance in the Asia-Pacific by advancing its influence over countries in the region ...

The Lashio residents of Myanmar, who were displaced by fighting between the Junta and the Myanmar National Democratic ...

The long-standing absence of a viable alternative sea route was dubbed “the Malacca Dilemma” in 2003 by then-Chinese President Hu Jintao, and has remained a central issue for China as the world’s ...