https://policymaker.net/tags/pipeline-infrastructure/ Recent content in pipeline infrastructure on Policymaker.net Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://policymaker.net/2026/04/16/the-strait-of-hormuz-and-the-limits-of-chokepoint-leverage/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://policymaker.net/2026/04/16/the-strait-of-hormuz-and-the-limits-of-chokepoint-leverage/ The 2026 closure of the Strait of Hormuz has confirmed what energy strategists long warned: a single narrow waterway carrying one-fifth of the world’s seaborne oil trade represents a systemic vulnerability no amount of diplomatic goodwill can insure against. But the crisis has also accelerated something the MarketWatch framing captured before the shooting started — the conditions under which Hormuz matters less are now being built in real time, under duress.