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Background
Overview
Essential for understanding global geopolitics, energy security, international trade routes, and their direct impact on India's economy and strategic interests. It highlights the vulnerability of global supply chains.
Strategic chokepoints are narrow maritime passages that are critical for global trade and energy flows. The Strait of Hormuz, connecting the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, is one such vital chokepoint, through which a significant portion of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) passes.