Strait of Hormuz: Iran leverages control of a critical chokepoint in the global oil trade

Amid the current crisis surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Dr. Guy Laron, Author of "Oil Wars", Historian and Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. According to Dr Laron, what we are witnessing is not merely a regional confrontation but a textbook demonstration of how energy chokepoints shape global power. Iran’s strategy relies on exploiting one of the world's most critical bottlenecks in the oil trade, a tactic that has repeatedly proven effective throughout modern history.