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The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow, strategically important strait between the Gulf of Oman and the Persian/Arabian Gulf. On the north coast is Iran and on the south coast are the United Arab Emirates and Musandam, an enclave of Oman.
It is the only sea passage to the open ocean for petroleum-exporting countries such as Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. A fifth of the world's oil flows through the Strait. The geopolitical importance of the Hormuz Strait is such that Cyrus Vance, former US secretary of state, called it "the jugular vein of the West."
US Navy Admiral Jonathan Greenert, who was made the chief of naval operations last September, said back in January: "If you ask me what keeps me awake at night, it's the Strait of Hormuz and the business going on in the Arabian Gulf."
The US and Iran have been "flexing their muscles" over the Iranian threat of closure of the Hormuz Strait since last week of December and the brinkmanship on both sides may lead to miscalculations, with terrible consequences on a global scale, according to oil and foreign policy experts.
Source: The daily star
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