Four Narrow Places: Hormuz, the Red Sea, and the Way Around That Got Hit Too
When a narrow place at sea shuts, the world tries to go around it. In 2026 the main way around the Strait of Hormuz ran out through a second narrow place, at the bottom of the Red Sea, and by September that way around was under attack too. By the end of the drive you'll know how a gap about two dozen miles wide came to matter at your gas pump, why it's so much worse when the way around is hit as well, and why, even with a deal, the ships don't all come back overnight. Our four narrow places: the Strait of Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb, the Strait of Malacca and the Panama Canal.
The "Where It Stands"…
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