Maritime chokepoints constitute the backbone of the global maritime system by facilitating international trade, energy transportation, and strategic connectivity. Their uninterrupted operation is essential for maintaining global supply chains, economic stability, and international security. Existing scholarship has examined maritime chokepoints through the perspectives of maritime strategy, international trade, energy security, maritime governance, and security studies. However, these perspectives largely remain fragmented, providing limited understanding of how geographical, economic, institutional, and security factors collectively shape the resilience of strategically important maritime corridors. This study develops the Maritime Chokepoint Resilience Framework (MCRF) as an integrated analytical model for evaluating the resilience of major maritime chokepoints. Using a qualitative comparative multiple-case study design, the research examines six strategically significant waterways: the Strait of Hormuz, the Strait of Malacca, the Suez Canal, Bab el-Mandeb, the Panama Canal, and the Turkish Straits. The analysis draws upon peer-reviewed literature, reports of international organisations, government publications, and maritime industry data to assess five interrelated dimensions: strategic geography, trade connectivity, energy security, maritime governance, and maritime security capacity. The comparative analysis demonstrates that geography alone does not determine the resilience of maritime chokepoints. Instead, resilience emerges through the interaction of effective governance, secure maritime operations, diversified trade networks, reliable energy transportation, and institutional capacity. Chokepoints characterised by balanced performance across these dimensions exhibit greater ability to withstand geopolitical tensions, supply-chain disruptions, operational failures, and emerging non-traditional security threats. The study makes three principal contributions. First, it introduces the Maritime Chokepoint Resilience Framework as a multidisciplinary analytical model that integrates previously fragmented strands of maritime scholarship. Second, it provides a consistent framework for comparative assessment of strategically important maritime corridors. Third, it offers an evidence-based foundation for strengthening maritime governance, resilience planning, and policy development in an increasingly interconnected global maritime environment.
Maritime chokepoints; maritime resilience; maritime governance; energy security; global trade; maritime security; comparative analysis; Maritime Chokepoint Resilience Framework.
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