Trump’s big blockade gamble
It’s risky, and Iran has many options to retaliate. Tehran will likely wait and watch, to test US resolve & patience. But if Washington keeps choking Iranian shipping, it also sets up potential confrontation with China
US’s war against Iran entered a new phase this week, with its naval blockade of Iranian ports.
The blockade raises major risks for the entire world economy, and the possibility of US-China superpower confrontation in Indian Ocean.
And yet it has begun rather quietly, without major confrontation.
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