Choke point politics: Navigating great power rift in ASEAN waters - Academia

The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has exposed a dangerous fragmentation within ASEAN, pitting Singapore’s legalism against Malaysia’s pragmatism and Indonesia’s shifting alignments. As superpower rivalries move from the Middle East to the Malacca Strait, the region faces a stark choice: restore a unified neutral voice or become a casualty of the North’s power games.