Volodymyr Kolot

Special to Gulf News

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When trade routes become geopolitical battlegrounds

Trade routes once chosen for cost and efficiency are shaped by security and risk

A tractor pulls a boat from the sea as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Aug. 31, 2026. More than 80% of global trade by volume is carried by sea, meaning that disruption at any critical chokepoint can quickly have global consequences.

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