The Strait of Hormuz Crisis: Why America's Diplomatic Credibility Is Collapsing | Prof. Jiang Xueqin

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What happens when the world's most critical waterway — just 21 miles wide — opens and closes within a single day? This isn't a story about missiles or oil prices. This is a story about the slow collapse of the global diplomatic order that was built to prevent exactly this kind of chaos.
In this video, Professor Jiang Xueqin breaks down the Strait of Hormuz crisis from the ground up — the history, the failed diplomacy, the escalation dynamics, and what it all means for the future of American power and the postwar international system.

🔍 What You'll Learn in This Video:
▸ Why the Strait of Hormuz is the single most strategically important body of water on Earth
▸ How a ceasefire collapsed within hours — and what that reveals about the negotiation's fatal flaws
▸ Iran's sophisticated wedge strategy and why it's working
▸ The real structural reason Washington struggles to conduct effective diplomacy
▸ Why this moment may be America's "Suez" — and what that means for the global order
▸ What responsible statecraft would actually look like right now

📌 Key Topics Covered:

History of the Strait of Hormuz from the Persian Empire to present day
The 1988 Operation Praying Mantis and the 2019 tanker attacks
The Islamabad ceasefire collapse and its structural causes
Iran's selective passage strategy for China, Russia, India & others
Lloyd's of London war-risk suspension and global shipping disruption
The 1956 Suez Crisis parallel and lessons for American hegemony
Paul Kennedy's framework on the fall of great powers


⚠️ 17% of the world's oil supply is effectively locked inside a body of water patrolled by two hostile naval forces. The tools that were supposed to prevent this are no longer working. Here's why.

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The views expressed in this video are for educational and analytical purposes only, based on publicly available information and independent academic analysis.