Tagged: Chokepoint Strategy

Articles tagged with Chokepoint Strategy on Defense Brief.

• The Strait of Malacca is the artery of Asian trade — and China’s biggest maritime vulnerability. — The Strait of Malacca carries nearly half of global trade through a passage barely two miles wide - and China's dependence on it is the most significant maritime vulnerability in modern strategic competition.
• Bab el-Mandeb is where regional conflict becomes global shipping risk. — Bab el-Mandeb is where regional conflict becomes global shipping risk - and the Houthi campaign showed exactly how a non-state actor can reshape world trade without seizing a single port.