// MAPPED VIDEO
Every place DW News mentions in "Chokepoints: How small waterways make big powers vulnerable | Mapped Out", mapped
// THE CRUX Maritime chokepoints like Malacca, the Danish Straits, and Panama are critical vulnerabilities for global superpowers and trade routes.
27 places, in order of mention
| 00:09 | Red Sea | Here in the Red Sea. |
| 00:16 | Suez Canal | These are chokepoints: Suez Canal |
| 00:18 | Bab-el-Mandeb | and Bab el-Mandeb Strait |
| 01:47 | Gaza Strip | in response to Israel's war in Gaza |
| 02:01 | Cape of Good Hope | going all the way around Africa |
| 02:15 | Suez Canal | blocked all traffic in Egypt's Suez Canal |
| 03:41 | Kiel | Institute for Security Policy Kiel University |
| 05:03 | Strait of Malacca | Let's head to the Indo-Pacific and the Strait of Malacca |
| 05:08 | Malaysia | slips between Malaysia and Indonesia |
| 05:09 | Indonesia | between Malaysia and Indonesia |
| 05:12 | Singapore | opens out again just past Singapore |
| 05:23 | China | this route is particularly important: China |
| 06:44 | Taiwan | And that is connected to Taiwan. |
| 08:34 | Danish Straits | the next chokepoint further north: the Danish Straits |
| 08:48 | North Sea | get from the North Sea to the Baltic Sea |
| 08:50 | Baltic Sea | to the Baltic Sea |
| 08:52 | Great Belt | consist of the Great and Little Belt and the Oresund |
| 08:54 | Little Belt | and Little Belt |
| 08:55 | Oresund | and the Oresund |
| 09:08 | Russia | is hugely dependent on this waterway: Russia |
| 13:21 | Panama Canal | First to our third chokepoint: the Panama Canal |
| 13:28 | Caribbean Sea | Between the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean |
| 13:29 | Pacific Ocean | and Pacific Ocean sits the curvy country of Panama |
| 15:55 | Port of Cristobal | Port of Cristobal and Port of Balboa |
| 15:58 | Port of Balboa | Port of Balboa operated by a Hong Kong based company |
| 20:53 | Kra Isthmus | to build the Land Bridge through Thailand |
| 21:46 | Gwadar | transport its goods via Pakistani ports |