{"id":1820093,"date":"2026-03-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1820093"},"modified":"2026-03-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:00:00","slug":"choke-point-the-global-economic-consequences-of-the-persian-gulf-shutdown-by-larry-c-johnson-worldnews-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1820093","title":{"rendered":"Choke Point: The Global Economic Consequences of the Persian Gulf Shutdown, by Larry C. Johnson &#8211; Worldnews.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"main-article mB40\">\n<div id=\"article-url\">\n<p class=\"art-text\"><span dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Persian Gulf is the most consequential body of water in the global economy. Its narrow exit \u2014 the Strait of Hormuz, just 33 kilometres wide at its narrowest point \u2014 acts as a valve through which flows an extraordinary share of the world\u2019s energy and agricultural inputs. A sustained closure of that valve by Iran will trigger<\/span>&#8230;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t read\u00a0full\u00a0story\n                <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2026\/03\/11\/Choke_Point_The_Global_Economic_Consequences_of_the_Persian_\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;] The Persian Gulf is the most consequential body of water in the global economy. Its narrow exit \u2014 the Strait of Hormuz, just 33 kilometres wide at its narrowest point \u2014 acts as a valve through which flows an extraordinary share of the world\u2019s energy and agricultural inputs. A sustained closure of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[65,226],"class_list":["post-1820093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-consequence-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1820093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820093\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1820093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1820093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1820093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}