The Collapse of the World's Strategic Straits - Part 2 || Peter Zeihan

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• The content frames a hypothetical scenario where Iran successfully converts the Strait of Hormuz into a toll-based waterway.
• It poses the question of what the resulting “domino effect” would look like globally, implying significant geopolitical and economic consequences.
• The mere consideration of this scenario by Zeihan serves as a warning about the potential fragility of critical global strategic straits and the severe disruptions that could arise from their control by regional powers.