Why is PM Modi suddenly focusing so heavily on the eastern Indian Ocean? The answer lies in a narrow 900-km waterway called the Malacca Strait. WION Decodes.

Modi's Indo-Pacific push: Why the Malacca Strait matters to India's future

India’s $10 billion Great Nicobar project could transform the Andaman and Nicobar Islands into a strategic military and commercial hub near the Strait of Malacca. This move could challenge China’s trade routes in the event of a conflict in the Indo-Pacific. Here is how

India's power move near Malacca Strait: How Great Nicobar project can checkmate China

Thailand pushes its $31B Land Bridge project to bypass the Strait of Malacca amid Hormuz crisis, aiming to secure global trade and cut transit time.

Thailand revives $31bn Land Bridge to bypass Malacca Strait amid Hormuz crisis

According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), it is the world’s largest oil transit chokepoint, handling a significant share of global energy and cargo flows.

'22% of maritime trade': What is Malacca Strait & why this largest ‘oil transit chokepoint’ is in focus amid Hormuz tensions

Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan warns that the Hormuz crisis could be just a prelude to a potential US-China conflict in the Pacific Ocean. 

Singapore warns Hormuz crisis was a 'dry run' for US-China conflict

For years the strategically important archipelago of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ANIs) situated at the juncture of the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea to India's southeast remained a dormant landmass.

EXPLAINED: How India developing a naval base at Andamans chokes China in the region

In a big blow to China, Thailand on Thursday announced it will scrap a Chinese led-KRA canal project under which Beijing wanted to build a bypass to the Strait of Malacca.

Big blow to China as Thailand scraps KRA canal project

The India-US drills on the high seas is a move to deter China. In fact, naval power could be India's answer to Chinese aggression. The exercises help New Delhi to only project its power but, it also adds to Xi Jinping’s headaches.

China's 'Malacca dilemma': How India can control the Dragon on the high seas