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        "msgid": "the-strait-of-hormuz-and-the-regional-conflicts-shaking-the-global-order-1772723792",
        "date": "2026-03-05 20:38:31",
        "title": "The Strait of Hormuz and the Regional Conflicts Shaking the Global Order",
        "author": "Joko Sadewo",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The Strait of Hormuz remains a critical energy chokepoint where Iran, the United States, and Israel intersect with a shifting global power order. The piece argues that evolving multipolar dynamics could redefine stability in the Persian Gulf, making Hormuz a focal point for international security and energy security.",
        "content": "<p>On the world map, the Strait of Hormuz appears as a slender line that\ncan easily be overlooked by a hurried eye. It is merely a narrow stretch\nof water that separates Iran\u2019s northern coast from Oman\u2019s southern\ncoast. But, as with many places in human history, spaces that seem\nnarrow often bear burdens far greater than their size. Along this\nwaterway, almost a fifth of the world\u2019s oil moves every day. Giant\ntankers sail slowly from ports in the Persian Gulf to global energy\nmarkets. They carry fuel for factories in Asia, vehicles in Europe, and\nthe modern economic system that can no longer function without fossil\nenergy in large quantities. The route is so vital that even small\ntensions there are felt quickly in global energy markets. But the Strait\nof Hormuz is not only about oil. It carries history. For centuries, the\nregion has been a crossroads of great powers. The Persian Empire once\nregarded the area as part of its geopolitical space. Merchants from\nvarious civilizations crossed the seas around the Persian Gulf long\nbefore modern nations emerged. In a sense, the region has long been a\nplace where trade, power, and history meet. Today, that intersection\nfeels increasingly tense. To the north stands Iran \u2014 a country that sees\nitself not only as a modern political actor but also as the heir to a\nlong Persian civilisation. Such historical consciousness often gives a\nnation a different sense of timing. The United States, on the other\nhand, remains a principal military power ensuring the stability of\nglobal shipping lanes. Its navy has long patrolled the Gulf to ensure\nthat the Strait of Hormuz remains open for international trade. Yet such\nstability has never been wholly simple. The relationship between Iran\nand the United States has long been sharpened by tensions since the 1979\nIranian Revolution. Economic sanctions, proxy conflicts across the\nMiddle East, and a sequence of military incidents have kept the\nrelationship far from stable. Amid that tension, Israel also views Iran\nas a long-term strategic threat to its security. For Israel, Iran\u2019s\ninfluence in the region\u2014particularly through its network of regional\nallies\u2014becomes an indispensable factor in the calculation of national\nsecurity. As these three actors operate in the same geopolitical space,\nthe Strait of Hormuz becomes one of the most sensitive points in the\ninternational system. But what makes this situation more complex is the\nfact that the world surrounding it is also changing. For decades after\nthe end of the Second World War, global stability largely rested on\nAmerican dominance. The world\u2019s main trade routes, including the Strait\nof Hormuz, were within a security architecture ultimately guarded by the\nAmerican military. But such dominance has never lasted forever in\nhistory. The rivalry between the United States and China is increasingly\nevident in economics, technology, and geopolitics. Russia has also begun\nto play a more active role in various international conflicts. In such a\nsituation, regional conflicts often have meanings broader than what is\nvisible on the surface. Tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are not\nonly about Iran and the United States. It also concerns how great powers\nread changes in the order of the world. The strait becomes a small stage\nwhere diverse global interests meet. On the one hand, it is a vital\nenergy route for the world economy. On the other, it is a geopolitical\nspace where great power rivalries can take concrete form. What makes\nthis situation more intriguing is the reality that stability around the\nstrait for decades has often been treated as almost automatic. Yet\nhistory seldom moves according to assumptions. If tensions in the region\nrise, the Strait of Hormuz could shift from a trade route to a global\ncrisis flashpoint. Disruptions to energy flows from the Gulf could\ntrigger economic shocks felt far beyond the Middle East. It is here that\nwe begin to see that this narrow strait actually bears a far larger\nsignificance than its map size suggests. And perhaps it is precisely in\nplaces like this that we can observe how the world is changing. For\nhistory often does not move through dramatic events that immediately\nshake the world. Often it moves slowly \u2014 through narrow channels like\nthe Strait of Hormuz \u2014 where economic interests, geopolitical ambitions,\nand long memories of nations meet and shape the future.<\/p>",
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