Bab el-Mandeb: The narrow strait that could trigger the next global trade shock

A 30-kilometre-wide stretch of water at the southern edge of the Red Sea could emerge as the next flashpoint in a widening West Asia conflict.
As risks to the Strait of Hormuz — through which about one-fifth of the world’s oil flows — continue, global energy and trade are increasingly leaning on another chokepoint: the Bab el-Mandeb strait.