By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist The Strait of Hormuz has undoubtedly been a key choke point for energy and trade routes throughout history.However, at this point in time, Hormuz has become a full-fledged choke point; despite accounting for only 20 percent of global flow, it not only controls the flow of oil and natural gas but is also fundamentally reshaping ...
As the joint war waged by the United States and Israel—two nuclear-armed states, one of which possesses the most powerful military in the world—approaches its first month, developments on the ground indicate that none of the assumptions held by Washington and Tel Aviv at the outset of the conflict have materialized. The aggressor forces initiated this campaign against Iran without ...
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on March 22 that he is “absolutely convinced” that the alliance will be able to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Rutte stated 22 countries, including NATO members along with allies such as South Korea and Japan, are coordinating efforts to do that. Cem Gürdeniz, a retired Rear Admiral of the Turkish Navy and one ...
By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist When discussing a U.S. ground operation in Hormuz, it would be misleading to view the issue solely through the lens of military capability. For the true determining factors are the constraints imposed by geography, Iran’s war doctrine, and the tension created by the interplay of these two with the U.S.’s global and Israel’s regional positions. ...
By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist As two weeks of the conflict between the U.S./Israel and Iran have passed, it has become clear that the Strait of Hormuz is not merely a regional transit point, but the lifeblood of the global energy system. This narrow passage, which connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, has ...
Cem Gürdeniz, a retired Rear Admiral of the Turkish Navy and one of the coiners of the term “Blue Homeland” (Mavi Vatan) shared his views on the developments in the Strait of Hormuz on the social platform X. We present Gürdeniz’s analysis, translated into English. — A massive maritime traffic crisis has paralyzed the Strait of Hormuz. Current shipping data ...