This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. For non-personal use or to order multiple copies, please contact The Epoch Times Reprints.
An Iranian tanker docking at the platform of the oil facility in the Kharg Island, on the shore of the Gulf, on March 12, 2017. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images
As the fight against the regime in Iran continues, the country’s military forces have moved to cut off shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. This was apparently their threat all along, which gave them the hubristic feeling of a lack of accountability for their attacks on Israel.
Anders Corr has a bachelor’s/master’s in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea” (2018).
