The Geography of Oil Risk | Torsten Slok's The Daily Spark | Apollo Global
Apollo: The global oil market runs through a few critical arteries, see chart. From Hormuz to Malacca, disruption at any one point can ripple worldwide, underscoring Edward Fishman’s Chokepoints thesis that geopolitical influence lies in controlling flows, not just resources, see also here.
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