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        "id": 1718665,
        "msgid": "from-hormuz-to-malacca-the-annexation-of-power-in-the-worlds-narrow-straits-1777970443",
        "date": "2026-05-05 14:28:46",
        "title": "From Hormuz to Malacca, the Annexation of Power in the World's Narrow Straits",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Trade",
        "summary": "In an increasingly fragmented geopolitical landscape, strategic straits like the Strait of Malacca and the Strait of Hormuz have emerged as critical nodes influencing global energy stability, trade, and international security, with over a third of world trade and 20% of global oil distribution passing through them. Control over these chokepoints is shifting from traditional territorial annexation to 'functional annexation' through regulations, security mechanisms, and economic instruments, granting de facto leverage over the global economy to those who master port infrastructure and logistics. The Strait of Hormuz exemplifies this, where Iran's threats of disruption\u2014without physical closure\u2014trigger worldwide oil price volatility and economic instability, demonstrating non-territorial power dynamics.",
        "content": "<p>The cases of the Strait of Hormuz and the Strait of Malacca\nillustrate two faces of the same phenomenon: in the modern era, mastery\nover straits no longer relies on physical annexation but on the ability\nto control functions.<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - Amid an increasingly fragmented geopolitical\nlandscape, strategic straits are once again becoming the epicentre of\nglobal power calculations.<\/p>\n<p>Narrow passages like the Strait of Malacca and the Strait of Hormuz\nare no longer mere maritime connectors but vital knots that determine\nenergy stability, trade, and international security.<\/p>\n<p>More than a third of global trade and around 20 percent of worldwide\noil distribution pass through these points. These figures explain one\nthing: whoever controls the straits holds leverage over the global\neconomic system.<\/p>\n<p>However, the form of control evolving today is not always\nconventional territorial annexation. There are no official declarations,\nno flag-raising. What emerges is what can be called functional\nannexation: mastery through regulation, security, and especially\neconomic instruments.<\/p>\n<p>States or actors capable of controlling port infrastructure,\nlogistics systems, and security mechanisms around the straits have\nessentially seized de facto control over the flows passing through\nthem.<\/p>\n<p>The case of the Strait of Hormuz provides the most vivid illustration\nof how a strait becomes a tool of geopolitical bargaining. This strait\nis the main export route for oil from the Persian Gulf to global\nmarkets.<\/p>\n<p>During various periods of tension\u2014particularly between Iran and\nWestern countries\u2014threats of closure or disruption to the Strait of\nHormuz directly trigger turmoil and volatility in world oil prices,\nwhile shaking global economic stability.<\/p>\n<p>Even without actually closing the strait, Iran\u2019s ability to disrupt\ntanker traffic is sufficient to create psychological and economic\neffects worldwide. This is a form of non-territorial control where the\npower to influence exists without formal ownership.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/from-hormuz-to-malacca-the-annexation-of-power-in-the-worlds-narrow-straits-1777970443",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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