Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 29/07/20268/15 Hormuz is different because any future governance arrangement would emerge from conflict rather than decades of stable regional cooperation. Similar administrative structures do not necessarily reflect similar political foundations. 160
Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 29/07/20269/15 This is why I think the real issue isn't whether Hormuz becomes "another Malacca" or vice-versa. The question is whether changes in one major international strait begin to influence expectations about how other strategic chokepoints are governed. 160
Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 29/07/202610/15 International law develops through treaties, but it also develops through state practice. If commercial shipping, insurers and governments gradually adapt to new administrative arrangements in one strait, those arrangements inevitably become part of future discussions elsewhere. 160
