Benny Spanier, Orin Scheffler, Elie Rettig (eds) This joint publication by the Center for Maritime Policy and Strategy (HMS) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) examines the emerging challenges and threats to maritime “choke points” connecting the Arabian Gulf with the Mediterranean. As issues such as piracy, autonomous vessels and deliberate sabotage come to the fore, this edited volume offers us new insight into how the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) can help ensure the protection of innocent passage and transit in the volatile waters of the Middle East….