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World needs to reckon with rising pressure on its maritime choke points

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World needs to reckon with rising pressure on its maritime choke points

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  • currentsapi-gapfill(Mixed)By Jonathan Eyal

    World needs to reckon with rising pressure on its maritime choke points Nearly half of global trade is affected by four military conflicts involving four seas. Traditional military means of opening up critical waterways no longer work. Five months of the Gulf war have settled one…

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