Namely, whether Israel decides to target Iran’s oil production and export facilities, and whether Iran seeks to close the Strait of Hormuz, or at least impede shipping through the waterway.

China said on Sunday it has opened a third extension of the M503 flight route, which is just west of an unofficial dividing line in the Taiwan Strait, with Taipei protesting this was a "unilateral ...

In 2011, while serving as an advisor to U.S. Central Command, concern over this possibility led command leaders to ask me to conduct a comparative analysis of a potential Strait of Hormuz closure with ...

With a ceasefire in place between Israel and Iran, U.S. Central Command is watching the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow international waterway that Iran could mine in an attempt to close off merchant ...

Oil market concerns over Middle East hostilities became almost exclusively focused over the past week on the Strait of Hormuz and the potential for short-term disruption. That’s what analysts at ...

What is the Strait of Hormuz? The Strait is narrow, stretching roughly 31 miles at its widest point. Iran is on its north bank opposite Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is unlikely, as the most impacted would be China and Iran itself. Based on this analysis, I recommend buying assets that track the main American indices.

The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow bend between the Persian Gulf to the north and the Gulf of Oman (and then the Arabian Sea) to the south, and thus a critical choke point.

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The potential closure of the strait raises a difficult question for Indo-Pacific policymakers: how can states shield themselves from strategic chokepoint shocks?