Two Chokepoints That May Soon Haunt The World: Straits of Hormuz And Taiwan
(WorldNews Asia)

Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling For thousands of years, countries and imperial powers have sought narrow channels which connect two larger bodies of water. They´ve also gone to war over these valuable waterways to boost imports or gain a strategic military and naval advantage. Known as chokepoints, the Straits of Hormuz and Taiwan are no exception. Given the ever-growing tensions between Iran and the U.S. over a nuclear treaty and sanctions, or China and the U.S. over Taiwan and tariffs and the South China Sea, these valuable trading routes that save vessels from traveling thousands of miles may be more than just an exception. They may soon, in fact, be the rule that haunts a...