Protecting the Strait of Malacca: Too little too late?

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Mohd Hazmi Mohd Rusli (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Canberra   ●   Thu, February 24, 2022 Southeast Asia is home to two of the busiest straits in the world – the straits of Malacca and Singapore. The closure of this important shipping way would violate international law affecting the well-being of the global economy. Although Singapore is in support of the pact, Malaysia and Indonesia on the other hand have expressed uneasiness on the establishment of a tripartite security alliance between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States named AUKUS. This trilateral security pact announced in September 2021 would enable Australia to construct at least eight nuclear-powered submarines through this trilateral security partnership. Australia has reiterated that the development of its nuclear-powered submarines program is not in contravention of international law. Developing nuclear-powered submarines is not in any way similar to developing nuclear weapons. Australia is projected to possess its first nuclear-powered submarine by the year 2040.

This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title “Protecting the Strait of Malacca: Too little too late?”. Click to read: https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2022/02/23/protecting-the-strait-of-malacca-too-little-too-late.html.

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