TY  - BOOK
AU  - NOER John H
AU  - GREGORY David
TI  - Chokepoints: maritime economic concerns in Southeast Asia
SN  -   (pbk.)
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Washington DC
PB  - National Defense University
KW  - ECONOMICS
KW  - FREEDOM OF PASSAGE
KW  - MARINE TRANSPORTATION
KW  - SEA LANES OF COMMUNICATION
KW  - SOUTH CHINA SEA
KW  - SOUTHEAST ASIA
KW  - SPRATLY ISLANDS
KW  - TRADE ROUTES
N2  - In 1993 more than half of the entire world's merchant fleet shipping capacity passed through a handful of Southeast Asian straits or passed the Spratly Islands. This report examines the economic importance of the major sea lanes of communication (SLOCs) in Southeast Asia, specifically the Strait of Malacca, Sunda Strait, Lombok Strait, Makassar Strait, and the South China Sea. Describes in detail the patterns of trade throughout these waterways to show the relative economic dependence of various nations on these routes. The author goes on to assess the short and long term impacts of assumed closure of each of the critical straits regardless of the reason, whether natural disaster, human accident, blockade or war
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