Why the Malacca Strait demands a binding Asean security framework

ON July 11, 1882, British warships anchored off Alexandria, Egypt, and unleashed a devastating barrage on the city’s fortifications. The pretext was “restoring order” and “protecting the Suez Canal”.

Within weeks, General Garnet Wolseley’s forces crushed the Egyptian army at Tel elKebir, turning the Khedive (the title of the ruler of Egypt until 1914) into a puppet.