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Modern economic chokepoints in war and the impact on geopolitics

NPR | By Henry Larson,
Emily Feng, Tinbete Ermyas
Published May 3, 2026 at 5:22 PM EDT

Hoover Institution fellow Eyck Freymann explains what the Iran war and the blockade of the Straight of Hormuz reveals about modern economic chokepoints, geopolitics and war strategies.

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