Nightmare Comes True

China's energy security faces further setbacks as US-Indonesia cooperation makes the Malacca dilemma a reality. At a time when the US-Iran conflict is intensifying and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has caused chaos in the global oil supply chain, the US and Indonesia have announced the upgrade of their bilateral defense relationship to a "Major Defense Cooperation Partnership" (MDCP). They are even considering opening their airspace for US military aircraft, providing the US military with the space to intervene and control the global energy chokepoint—the Strait of Malacca. This has immediately sounded an alarm for China's energy security. This has immediately sounded an alarm for China's energy security.