Iranian and Chinese ships get through the Strait of Hormuz, but few others.
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
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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).
