Given the effective closure of the Hormuz Strait and Houthi threats to close off the Red Sea, Syria may emerge as a corridor and conduit to bypass these embattled maritime chokepoints

The element critical to the tech industry is in short supply following Iran's closure of the Hormuz. This will have serious knock-on effects across many industries worldwide.

Many shipping routes are vulnerable, from the Strait of Malacca to the Panama Canal

Millions working in the Gulf are worried about their livelihoods and the impact on their families, while their employers are worried that they will leave

Positioned between the Strait of Hormuz and the Suez Canal, Egypt is not only absorbing the impact of war—it is transmitting it into the global economy.

While attention focuses on oil, submarine cables in the Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab Strait that link Asia, Europe, and the Gulf are also at risk

Cheap autonomous weapons are overturning the economics of combat—and teaching the United States important lessons.

From military spending to energy markets, the US-Israeli war on Iran is driving rising costs, with the Strait of Hormuz emerging as a central pressure point

Geography, energy, history, and power converge in the most consequential chokepoint of the global economy

Any disruption in the Hormuz has cascading knock-on effects that extend far beyond energy markets, impacting international trade. Al Majalla explores all this and more.