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Strait of Hormuz and the shipping lanes of the Sea of Oman and the Indian Ocean, will allow the three partners to effectively control vital energy and global trade routes in the event of a crisis.
China, with its Road and Belt Initiative (RBI), Russia, with its strengthening military presen ...
Strait of Hormuz, and the Sea of Oman to Malacca Strait, in turn reminded the strategic partnership of the three countries, according to which Russia and China view the military threat against Iran as a threat to international security and a threat to their stable and major interests in a transiti ...
Strait of Hormuz, where he was joined by senior officials like Army Chief General Abdolrahim Mousavi and IRGC Commander General Hossein Salami.
Bagheri emphasized that Iran's military is in its best state regarding combat readiness, intelligence, operational planning, and scenario implementatio ...
Strait of Hormuz as a strategic factor in their ties since this strait provides a global energy artery and a common area of their mutual security collaboration. Tehran and Muscat have demonstrated a shared commitment to ensuring the security of navigation and coordination to counter threats with tra ...
Strait of Hormuz, can upset security of shipping and Saudi oil exports. Saudi rulers are aware that such scenario would be catastrophic to their economy.
5. Future of Iranian policy and strategic patience
Tehran has not yet responded directly to the ambiguous positions of some regional countries, ...
Strait of Hormuz—just one of the Indian Ocean’s critical chokepoints—some 20 million barrels of oil pass through daily, equal to a quarter of the world’s seaborne crude and one-fifth of global natural gas shipments.
Carrying oil from the Persian Gulf would be nearly impossib ...
Strait of Hormuz and developing alternative corridors. This is especially critical if Iran faces new maritime threats following West's snapback mechanism that seeks to reinstate all sanctions.
- Stepping up diplomatic engagement with member states of BRICS and SCO.
Strait of Hormuz.
Initially, the central government in Baghdad owned and controlled the entire pipeline. However, after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003, Erbil began building its own energy infrastructure and started connecting oilfields to the Ceyhan pipeline via new links it constr ...
Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf.
This force mix enables protection of commercial and energy shipping: fast boats support asymmetric coastal operations, medium submarines provide subsurface deterrence, and destroyers and support ships deliver surface defense and long-range logistics. With this ...
Strait of Hormuz.
If Saudi Arabia succeeds in establishing a strong foothold along the Hadhramaut coast, the kingdom would effectively gain a third strategic maritime access point, after the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.
The UAE for its part, has both political and military interests in the provin ...