Third Gulf Regional War: The Strait Of Hormuz Held Hostage – Analysis

The Strait of Hormuz, twenty-one nautical miles wide at its narrowest point, constitutes one of the most remarkable concentrations of geopolitical power on the globe. Between sixteen and twenty million barrels of crude oil, roughly one-fifth of the world's liquid hydrocarbon consumption, pass through this narrow passage of stone and salt water every day. Two-thirds of Saudi exports, and almost all of Iran's, Iraq's, Kuwait's, and Qatar's crude oil, transit through this crucial waterway before being distributed to Asian...