The expansion of markets and the integration of markets into a world economy has added new dimensions to the social and cultural organisation of markets. We have identified three dimensions of market expansion: the growth of market oriented production and trade, internal and external market...

World trade and energy resources have to pass certain "choke points" between areas of production and their final destination. One of these is the Straits of Malacca, the sea passage connecting the China Sea with the Indian Ocean. Trade through the Malacca Straits historically played a major role...