Hormuz: The World's Oil Throat (Web | Magna Bureau

THE ARTERY

Twenty million barrels a day through a strait 33 kilometers wide.

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THE ARITHMETIC

One miscalculation — and the artery of the global economy closes.

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THE KNIFE

Who holds the knife — and who holds the fleet.

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THE THREE HEADS

Three powers, three doctrines, one narrow corridor of water.

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THE PRICE

Every tanker queuing at Hormuz is a tax on everything you buy.

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THE BLUFF

Threatening closure is a weapon. Closing it is a catastrophe — for the one who closes it, too.

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THE LEDGER

The full arithmetic of closure: who bleeds first, and who bleeds most.

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