#strait-of-hormuz
2 posts tagged strait-of-hormuz.
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Trump threatens Oman as Iran deal stalls
Trump's warning to bomb Oman unless it facilitates a Hormuz deal exposes the coercive logic underneath American diplomacy — and the limits of leverage when allies lose faith.
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Iran's Hormuz gambit and the diplomacy trap
Iran's new maritime authority claim over the Strait of Hormuz is less a strategic advance than a negotiating provocation — but Trump's alternating threats and entreaties may be rewarding exactly the behaviour he wants to stop.