Maritime chokepoints reshape security
Recent developments highlight how maritime chokepoints remain critical to both geopolitical contestation and geo-economic stability.
Recent developments highlight how maritime chokepoints remain critical to both geopolitical contestation and geo-economic stability.
The Suez Canal, opened in 1869, has turned 150 in 2019. It took 11 years to construct the canal, which connects the Red Sea with the eastern Mediterranean Sea and extends 100 miles (160 km) from Port Said to the Gulf of Suez.
