Ranking the World’s Top 5 Chokepoints

The word “chokepoint” is becoming increasingly common in discussions about world affairs, in large part most recently largely because of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and gas usually flows. But according to Edward Fishman, the author of an acclaimed book about chokepoints, the strait would only rank fifth on his list of the top five pressure points in global commerce. Learn about the other four and much more about how countries and companies can navigate our new weaponized interdependence on the latest episode of FP Live. Fishman is also a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and has served in a range of roles in the U.S. government focused on economic sanctions. Subscribers can watch the full discussion on the video box atop thi