ABSTRACT
Throughout the world ocean there are various convergence areas which strategic planners and analysts tend to refer to as ‘choke points’. The use of this term implies that at such localities there is the opportunity for closure, or at least restriction, of the flow of ocean-borne traffic and/or overflight critical to the well-being of a particular state or group of states. No official listing of these phenomena exists, yet the term, as a generic concept, is readily acceptable. This chapter seeks to assess some of the parameters of choke points.
