World's Lifelines: Strategic Straits Powering Global Shipping
➢Strait of Hormuz: Vital oil transit chokepoint
➢Strait of Malacca: Asia's busiest shipping route
➢Suez Canal: Europe-Asia shortcut
➢Panama Canal: Atlantic-Pacific connector
➢Bab el-Mandeb: Links Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
➢Turkish Straits: Black Sea gateway
➢Strait of Gibraltar: Atlantic-Mediterranean link.