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    Das Hormus-Minenfeld: In der Meerenge hat der Iran die Nase vorn – und Amerika hat keine guten Optionen


    Das Hormus-Minenfeld: In der Meerenge hat der Iran die Nase vorn – und Amerika hat keine guten Optionen

    https://www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/hormuz-minefield

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    1. ForeignAffairsMag on

      [Excerpt from essay by Caitlin Talmadge, Raphael Dorman and Helen Starbuck Associate Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.]

      On a normal day, 20 percent of global oil supplies pass through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway opposite Iran’s southern coast. Over the past week, however, tanker traffic through the strait has plummeted in response to Iranian threats to target any vessels attempting passage, spiking the price of oil and raising global economic alarm.

      [Trump administration](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/topics/trump-administration) officials have seemed surprised by the chaos in world oil markets. And according to CNN, they told lawmakers in classified briefings that they did not prepare for the possibility that Iran might try to close the strait in response to strikes. After initially floating the idea of having the U.S. Navy escort tankers through the strait, President Donald Trump has now said that tankers should enter the strait on their own because most of Iran’s navy lies “at the bottom of the ocean.”

    2. Firecracker048 on

      It still baffles me that everyone in trumps admin didn’t think Iran would close the strait.

      Iran has been saying for nearly 50 years that they would close the strait. Im starting to think Trump and his appointess aren’t the best. Or brightest.

    3. ErictheAgnostic on

      The whiplash from conflicting news and reports about it getting worse or better is crazy. One year of this potus and news is basically worthless.

    4. ex0e on

      Mining the straight isn’t a traditional advantage, it’s just another rung on the escalation ladder and a useful threat. Are nuclear weapons an advantage in the war with Iran?

      Iran has the ability to allow selected countries, ships, or payment methods for the flow of oil. That is the advantage. Mines are an indiscriminate end to any bargaining chip or deescalation talks, and without the threat of mining, there’s no incentive for any of Iran’s oil infrastructure to exist.

      It’s one thing to „close“ the straight, it’s another thing entirely to make it ostensibly impassable.

    6. ZoteTheMitey on

      I am reading some ships are moving through, then in another article I’m reading everything is at a halt. And in another Iran has mined the strait. And in another only chinese ships are moving through. And in another any ship can go through if the petrodollar is abandoned in favor of the yuan.

      I have no idea what to believe at this point.

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