Infrastructure / Chokepoints

Physical geography that translates power into access — 7 entries

Infrastructure profiles are strategic analyses of the chokepoints and corridors that determine who moves freely and who pays the price. Each entry is assessed through current conflict, trade dependency, and military posture.

// Infrastructure profiles are integrated into theater analyses — each card opens its primary theater page.

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Infrastructure · Middle East

Strait of Hormuz

17–21 million barrels daily — ~20% of global supply. Iran's principal leverage point. Every Gulf energy export routes through a 33km bottleneck.

Middle East Theater

Infrastructure · Latin America

~5% of global maritime trade. US-China competition over port concessions. 2023–2024 drought as first major climate-driven operational disruption.

Latin America Theater

Infrastructure · Middle East

~12% of global trade. Houthi interdiction rerouting tonnage via Cape of Good Hope. The Red Sea campaign is infrastructure warfare.

Middle East Theater

Infrastructure · Arctic

NATO's principal Northern Flank choke. Russian submarine transit corridor. P8 maritime patrol coverage restored post-Ukraine.

Infrastructure · Red Sea

30km strait — gateway between Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Houthi attacks weaponized since late 2023. Controls all Suez-bound traffic.

Middle East Theater

Infrastructure · Indo-Pacific

180km strait. PLA blockade exercises. TSMC produces ~90% of advanced semiconductors — closure is simultaneously military and supply-chain crisis.

Indo-Pacific Theater

Infrastructure · Europe

Four Baltic pipelines destroyed September 2022. Largest peacetime infrastructure sabotage in Europe. Irreversible acceleration of European energy reorientation.