The Suez Crisis stopped the British Empire. Will Hormuz defeat the US?

What happens erstwhile a revolutionary question takes power of the world’s astir captious waterway, bringing planetary lipid shipping to a halt and provoking warfare with an empire? It is not the Strait of Hormuz, but the Suez Crisis of 70 years ago. In 1956, Egypt unopen the Suez Canal and took connected 3 armies alone. When the canal reopened months later, with Egypt successful control, the portion and the planetary system would alteration forever.

In this episode: 

• Laleh Khalili (@lalehkhalili), Political Scientist and Author of ‘Sinews of War and Trade’

Episode credits:

This occurrence was produced by Mohamed Hassan, Marcos Bartolome and Sonia Bhagat. It was edited by Alexandra Locke. Our engagement shaper is Adam Abou-Gad. Our dependable decorator is Alex Roldan.

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