The Iran war has accelerated efforts by Gulf Arab countries to reduce their dependence on the Strait of Hormuz. What was once a theoretical risk – that Tehran could disrupt commercial traffic through the waterway – has now become reality, fundamentally altering the strategic considerations of the region’s energy exporters. Gulf states can no longer […]
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Kamran Bokhari, PhD, is a regular contributor to and former senior analyst (2015-2018) with Geopolitical Futures. Dr. Bokhari is now the Senior Director, Eurasian Security & Prosperity Portfolio at the New Lines Institute for Strategy & Policy in Washington, DC. Dr. Bokhari is also a national security and foreign policy specialist at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute. He has served as the Coordinator for Central Asia Studies at the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) at @Kamran Bokhari