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Chokepoint
A chokepoint is a strait or canal, such as the Strait of Hormuz, Suez Canal or Strait of Malacca, through which a large share of the world’s shipping passes. Disruption at a chokepoint can cut supply and raise prices worldwide.
Why It Matters
A few kilometres of water can decide the price of fuel in a country thousands of kilometres away.
In India
Roughly a fifth of the world’s oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz, whose disruption in 2026 caused India’s worst energy shock in decades.
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