How Iran weaponized the Strait of Hormuz @Foreign-Policy

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Why has Iran been so successful in controlling the Strait of Hormuz? Edward Fishman explains how Tehran’s strategy of drone warfare caught U.S. planners off-guard.

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How Iran weaponized the Strait of Hormuz

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$Will the War Slow Global Growth? The war in Iran and the subsequent oil price shock have “abruptly darkened” the prognosis for global growth. That’s from a new report by the International Monetary Fund, which warns that the world could fall into a recession if the energy crisis continues. Is this the shock that finally tips a fracturing system? And how should countries prepare? Gita Gopinath, a Harvard economist who was formerly second in command at the IMF, joined FP Live to game out the repercussions for the global economy. Watch the full interview here: https://foreignpolicy.com/live/gita-gopinath-iran-war-economic-growth/ 0:00 Intro 2:22 A global growth slowdown 6:15 Worldwide impacts On the go? Listen to FP Live as a podcast at https://link.chtbl.com/foreignpolicylivepodcast or wherever you get your podcasts. FP Live is Foreign Policys forum for live journalism that brings leading foreign-policy experts and thinkers together to analyze the worlds biggest events. Visit http://foreignpolicy.com/live for the full conversation and more live journalism from Foreign Policy. Subscribe to Foreign Policys Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1x_EgZtYkAzVavuONBrLZQ?sub_confirmation=1 Visit http://foreignpolicy.com/ to read the latest global news and analysis from FP. Follow Foreign Policy: X - https://twitter.com/ForeignPolicy Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/foreignpolicymag Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/foreign.policy.magazine/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/foreign-policy-magazine TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@foreignpolicymagazine$

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How Iran weaponized the Strait of Hormuz