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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 08/05/2026

10/14 The other important development overnight was the discussion around the Malacca Strait. Indonesia appears to have walked back ideas of tolling or charging transit fees. The significance lies less in the policy itself and more in the fact the idea entered public strategic discussion at all.

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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 08/05/2026

11/14 What we may now be witnessing is the beginning of a shift of global maritime trade routes. For decades, globalisation has depended upon assumptions that: Freedom of navigation guaranteed Major sea lanes are politically neutral Maritime commerce remains insulated from regional coercion.

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DJ @djwils.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Another well thought through and interesting analysis. Feels like it can be summed up thus... "We're all stuffed".

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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 08/05/2026

12/14 Hormuz is testing those assumptions directly. Once one chokepoint demonstrates the ability to generate: Economic leverage Political pressure Strategic tolling, or Conditional access Other states inevitably begin considering similar models.

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