US Politics
The Strait of Hormuz and the Price of Principle: When Foreign Policy Becomes a Transaction
President Donald Trump announced that Gulf allies proposed shifting from imposing tolls on the Strait of Hormuz to negotiating trade deals with billions in U.S. investment. It is alarming that the security of a critical global chokepoint was treated as a transactional lever, threatening the principles of free navigation and global commerce that underpin international law and stability.
