Josh SitemanAthens imported a third of its grain through the Bosporus. Constantinople sat on that chokepoint and extracted rent from the dependency.
The Strait of Hormuz is the same pattern. 2,500 years later.
Chokepoints aren't anomalies. They're a structural feature of every food system that depends on distant supply.
The only durable fix isn't managing the chokepoint. It's reducing the dependency that made it powerful.