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GeopoliticsWhy does the Strait of Hormuz matter?
Oil, shipping, Iran, Gulf states and global markets.
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- How much of the world's seaborne oil and LNG passes through it
- Which pipelines can bypass it, and how far short they fall
- Why traders react before anything physical happens
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Energy markets
How oil and gas are priced, traded and disrupted.
How the world actually works
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Trade routes
Chokepoints, canals and why a single blockage matters.
How the world actually works
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Israel, Iran & regional power
Who the major players are and how their interests intersect.
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Do economic sanctions actually work?
Researchers disagree — largely because they define success differently.
Money & global power