Tag: Malacca

The Malacca Dilemma – Prospects and Concerns for the Geopolitics of Asian Waters
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The Malacca Dilemma – Prospects and Concerns for the Geopolitics of Asian Waters

More than 30 per cent of the world’s seaborne trade passes through the Malacca Strait with China, Japan, and South Korea reliant on this strategic waterway for their supplies, especially energy.Beijing is seeking alternative routes to reduce its dependence on the waterway to ensure a more viable long-term energy security policy.China’s Strategic influence in the Indo pacific region is bearing severe economic consequences and instability within the countries.India needs to recalibrate its strategy with regard to Malacca Strait and increase its naval presence in the region.Building proactive formal frameworks toward initiating greater institutional dialogue with the adversaries must be initiated at the earliest. While China is actively seeking to diversify energy routes to reduce its...
Internal Weakness of China – Food, Marine & Malacca
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Internal Weakness of China – Food, Marine & Malacca

China has spoiled its  bilateral relations with those nations on whom it depends for its food. Having depleted the seas close to home, the Chinese fishing fleet has been sailing farther afield in recent years to exploit the waters of other countries. The PRC’s dependence on Malacca gives rise to security concerns because the surrounding region is vulnerable to disruption that could block maritime traffic and a substantial portion of the PRC oil supply.  The United Nations warned in June that the world is on the brink of its worst food crisis in 50 years. While China supports over 20 percent of the world’s population, it has a little over 12 percent of its arable land (according to the World Bank). According to the China Meteorological Administration, the country has e...