Marjorie Nadal (@chaosandorderinsight): "Arnaud Bertrand has caught something important in the China-Pakistan five-point initiative. The phrase is ‘restore normal passage.’ Not free and unimpeded. Not status quo ante. Normal. Filed here on March 26: the toll road model may be the new baseline, not a wartime measure."

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Arnaud Bertrand has caught something important in the China-Pakistan five-point initiative. The phrase is ‘restore normal passage.’ Not free and unimpeded. Not status quo ante. Normal.

Filed here on March 26: the toll road model may be the new baseline, not a wartime measure.

Arnaud Bertrand

Apr 1

The most interesting part of the China-Pakistan 5-point initiative to end the war on Iran is arguably what it says about Hormuz.

First of all, it calls for "allow[ing] the early and safe passage of civilian and commercial ships," which means that military vessels are deliberately excluded.

For a waterway where the US Navy has operated as i…

Apr 1

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