How Hormuz Tensions Are Reshaping Indian Ocean Geopolitics

How Hormuz tensions are reshaping Indian Ocean geopolitics

As tensions around the Strait of Hormuz escalate, experts say the Indian Ocean is emerging as a central arena for great-power competition, global trade, and maritime security.

The Hormuz Strait Crisis Confirms Nodal Control Will Dominate Maritime Geopolitics

Iran War Topic Week By Ludovico Domini Introduction The 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis exposes the inadequacy of some classical geopolitical frameworks. Alfred Thayer Mahan's sea power, centered on blue-water naval supremacy, and Halford Mackinder's land power, which focuses on Eurasian continental hegemony, are framed in a dualistic tension with one another. This framing proves…