Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz exposed the reality that the world is undergoing an unexpected energy transition—not from fossil fuels to renewables, but from a free and open energy commons to one dominated by geography, military threats, and the hard reality that national security has become inseparable from energy security.

Learn more by checking out the research by the George P. Shultz Energy Policy Working Group at the Hoover Institution: hoover.org/research-teams/energy-working-group?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=energypolicy_youtube&utm_content=07152026

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