- "Chokepoints & Chaos" exposes how global conflicts are not driven by ideology but by control over maritime chokepoints (Panama Canal, Suez, Strait of Hormuz, etc.), where trade and energy flows can be weaponized. China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a calculated move to bypass Western-controlled routes, using "debt-trap diplomacy" (e.g., Hambantota Port) to colonize strategic assets.
- The 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaties weakened U.S. influence, allowing China to dominate Panama's ports (e.g., Hutchinson Ports) and turn the canal into a tool for Beijing's global ambitions.
- Incidents like the 2021 Ever Given blockage and Houthi attacks in the Red Sea reveal how chokepoints are exploited to disrupt supply chains. Russia and China are racing to dominate the Arctic's Northern Sea Route as melting ice opens new trade lanes.
- America's retreat from strategic assets (e.g., outsourcing industry, neglecting infrastructure) contrasts with China's aggressive investments (ports, railways, rare-earth monopolies). The U.S. now depends on China for critical goods (antibiotics, semiconductors) while China expands its navy to control key chokepoints.
- The Darien Gap migrant crisis is framed as elite-engineered destabilization, with Panama profiting from aid money and U.S. policies (e.g., ending "Remain in Mexico") exacerbating the flow. The book predicts a BRICS-led financial shift (gold-backed currencies) and warns that without reclaiming chokepoints and borders, the West risks irrelevance.
"Chokepoints & Chaos" is a geopolitical tour de force, exposing the high-stakes chessboard of global trade routes and the covert power struggles that dictate the fate of nations.
Written with the urgency of an intelligence briefing and the depth of a historian's analysis, this book dismantles the illusion that today's conflicts are driven by ideology or religion. Instead, it reveals a far more calculated game: control over strategic chokepoints – narrow passages like the Panama Canal, Suez Canal, Strait of Hormuz and Strait of Malacca – where the flow of goods, energy and wealth can be throttled or weaponized.
The book opens with a gripping dissection of the Panama Canal, once a crown jewel of American engineering and geopolitical dominance. The canal's 1977 handover to Panama under the Torrijos-Carter Treaties is framed not as an act of diplomacy but as a catastrophic blunder, weakening U.S. influence while China stealthily expanded its foothold in Panama's ports and infrastructure. The authors highlight how China's state-owned enterprises, like Hutchinson Ports, now control critical terminals on both ends of the canal, turning a former U.S. stronghold into a lever for Beijing's global ambitions.
China's Silk Road 2.0
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is unmasked as a Trojan horse – a trillion-dollar infrastructure network designed to reroute global trade away from Western-controlled chokepoints. Projects like the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and the proposed Kra Isthmus Canal in Thailand aim to bypass the Strait of Malacca, where the U.S. Navy has long held sway.
The book's most damning revelation? China's "debt-trap diplomacy," exemplified by Sri Lanka's surrender of Hambantota Port after defaulting on Chinese loans. This isn't development; it's colonization by contract.
The Suez crisis redux
The 2021 Ever Given blockage wasn't just a logistical nightmare – it was a stress test for global supply chains, exposing their fragility. The authors argue that such chokepoints are increasingly weaponized, citing Russia's manipulation of European energy flows via pipelines like Nord Stream and the Houthis' attacks in the Red Sea, disrupting Suez traffic.
Meanwhile, the Arctic emerges as the next battleground, with Russia and China racing to dominate the Northern Sea Route as melting ice opens new trade lanes.
The U.S. retreat: A self-inflicted wound
America's decline is portrayed as a series of unforced errors: outsourcing industry to China, neglecting domestic infrastructure and surrendering strategic assets like the Panama Canal. The book contrasts this with China's methodical investments – buying ports in Greece, funding railways in Africa and locking down rare-earth mineral supplies.
The result? A world where the U.S. depends on Chinese manufacturing for everything from antibiotics to semiconductors, while China builds a navy to patrol the very chokepoints it now dominates.
Border wars and the Darien Gap
The second half shifts to border crises, particularly the Darien Gap – a lawless jungle corridor where over 500,000 migrants crossed into North America in 2023 alone. The authors accuse NGOs and globalist elites of enabling this flow to destabilize nations, while Panama's government profits from aid money and remittances.
The U.S. response? A mix of incompetence and deliberate neglect, with policies like Biden's termination of the "Remain in Mexico" program fueling record border surges.
The multipolar future
The final chapters forecast a world where the U.S. dollar's dominance crumbles, replaced by BRICS-backed alternatives and gold-reserve currencies. China's AI and naval expansions position it as the next superpower, while Europe's self-sabotage – through energy dependence on Russia and unchecked migration – leaves it a geopolitical afterthought. The authors warn that without radical reforms, reshoring industry, securing borders and reclaiming chokepoints—the West risks becoming a footnote in history.
"Chokepoints & Chaos" is more than an exposé; it's a call to arms. It strips away the veneer of "global cooperation" to reveal a ruthless contest for control over the arteries of global trade. The writing is razor-sharp, blending hard data with geopolitical intrigue and the narrative is punctuated by firsthand accounts from border agents, engineers and intelligence insiders.
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