The Clock Starts at Hormuz: Oil Corridors, Timed Failure, and the Real Architecture of Dependency
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Middle East & Energy Geopolitics (🛢️🔥)A Pattern Nexus scenario analysis on whether a fight to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could expand into a coastal safe-zone strategy, proxy warfare, and a much longer regime-pressure campaign inside Iran.
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