Seven decades after the 1956 Suez Crisis exposed the limitations of British and French global influence, a comparable geopolitical scenario is unfolding at another critical maritime passage: the Strait of Hormuz. In both instances, a Western power sought to assert control over an essential energy corridor, only to encounter resistance that undermined its strategic objectives and political standing.
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