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100 1 _aGREENWOOD Gavin
245 _aPipe dream :
_bfeasibility of proposed Malaysian pipeline /
_cGavin Greenwood
260 _c2007
520 _aConsiders the pros and cons of the proposed oil pipeline across northern Malaysia that could provide an alternative to the maritime choke point of the Malacca Strait. The purported advantages (shorter sailing times, impact of terrorism or piracy, strategic reserve) are dismissed as doubtful, while the real reasons are said to be domestic politics and economics and securing the future of UMNO (Malaysia's ruling political group) at the next general election.
650 _aMALAYSIA
_xOIL PIPELINE
650 _aMALAYSIA
_xPOLITICS
773 _aJane's Intelligence Review :
_gVol 19 No 10, October 2007, pp.55-57
945 _i22883-1001
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_sY
999 _c8736
_d8736