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One Battle, Two Press Releases: Hormuz and the Crisis of American Deterrence
The Persian Gulf confrontation exposed the widening gap between military optics and operational control, while financial stabilisation and military escalation merged into the same strategic system A naval withdrawal inside the Strait of Hormuz would mark a strategic rupture extending far beyond one contested waterway, because the credibility of American maritime supremacy depends upon sustained… Continue reading
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Convergence in the Persian Gulf
Convergence among Iran, China, and Russia in the Strait of Hormuz alters American risk calculations, though it does not remove the structural capacity of the United States to initiate military action. American primacy in the Strait of Hormuz rests upon a maritime doctrine shaped by Alfred Thayer Mahan’s classic argument that control of sea lanes… Continue reading
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