Geopolitics
The Saudi Strangulation: A Monumental Failure of Western Geopolitics and a Warning to the Global South
Saudi Arabia's strategic oil export corridors, the East West Pipeline and the Bab el Mandeb Strait, were simultaneously attacked and blockaded on September 11, effectively crippling its energy lifelines and leaving its recent defense pacts as impotent statements. This shocking display of vulnerability for a Western-aligned petro-state is a direct consequence of decades of failed, interventionist Middle East policies masterminded from Washington and London, which have only bred chaos and empowered non-state actors to strangle the global energy supply.
