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Sea Lanes Without a Sheriff: One Week, Three Chokepoints, the Same Question
Iran says Hormuz shipping now runs under “its arrangements”, Somali pirates have hijacked three merchant vessels into an ocean the coalitions have left, and Singapore and Indonesia feel the need to say aloud that Malacca must stay open. Read together, the week is a single stress test: does freedom of navigation still have an enforcer?