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Why Everyone Is Talking About Chokepoints

FP's First Person by Foreign Policy

Aug 5, 202645:11News & Politics

The Strait of Hormuz may be the chokepoint of the moment, but it’s actually not even the one that’s most concerning to Eddie Fishman, the author of Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare. He explains...

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Why Everyone Is Talking About Chokepoints is an episode from FP's First Person by Foreign Policy. The Strait of Hormuz may be the chokepoint of the moment, but it’s actually not even the one that’s most concerning to Eddie Fishman, the auth...

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