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Interoceanic Passages

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In the current global economy, the closure of a maritime chokepoint would have significant economic ramifications due to the disruption of trade flows and even some supply chains (e.g. Gibraltar and Suez during World War II). The Kra Canal project proposes to construct a 102 km long canal along the Kra Isthmus's narrowest section.

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