17 April 2026
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How Strategic Maritime Routes Shape Economic Power
More than 80% of global goods by volume, roughly 12,720 million tons as of 2024, are transported by sea (UNCTAD, 2025). That movement is not evenly distributed across open ocean; it is funnelled through a handful of narrow maritime passages. These are the world’s chokepoints, and they are where economic power is made and unmade.…