Explainer: New fault lines in the Hormuz standoff

Two developments over August 18-19 confirm that the Strait of Hormuz crisis has entered its seventh month without a structural break.

Two developments over August 18-19 confirm that the Strait of Hormuz crisis has entered its seventh month without a structural break but embedded within that continuity are three escalatory shifts that deserve attention precisely because they touch the institutional scaffolding the crisis has come to depend on.

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