GULF CRISIS: WASHINGTON REINSTATES HORMUZ BLOCKADE AS OIL SURGES

CHINA

STATE

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Beijing is assessing the risks of an escalation in the Gulf, which directly threatens its energy security and supply routesDominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media

SOUTH KOREA

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Seoul is first assessing the energy and trade impact of the Strait of Hormuz crisis, amid soaring oil prices and an unprecedented US surtax on freight.Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

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The UAE is taking a two-pronged approach: firmly condemning the Iranian strikes on their Gulf neighbors, while maintaining operational calm in the face of detected threats to their own airspace.Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media

UNITED STATES

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The United States assumes the escalation and claims the role of "guardian" of the Strait of Hormuz, betting on military firmness and a 20% toll to contain Iran despite the surge in oil prices.Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media

INDIA

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New Delhi is gauging the oil shock as much as the human risk to its vast diaspora in the Gulf, as the Strait of Hormuz reels from the strikes.Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media

IRAN

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Tehran condemns an American aggression that violates the Islamabad memorandum and asserts its full control over the Strait of Hormuz, promising a response to every strike.Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media

PAKISTAN

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Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, is gauging the risk at its doorstep: as a direct neighbor of Iran and a supplier of millions of expatriate workers to the Gulf, Pakistan fears a surge in oil prices and a direct threat to its diaspora, as well as the potential for regional military contagion.Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media

QATAR

STATE

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Doha is assessing the existential risk that a closure of the Strait of Hormuz poses to its gas-based economy, after Iranian strikes targeted its own territory and one of its oil tankers.Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media

UNITED KINGDOM

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London is gauging the economic fallout of the escalation in the Strait of Hormuz, between a surge in oil prices and a threat to already sluggish British growth.Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media

RUSSIA

STATE

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Moscow denounces a unilateral American escalation in the Gulf, which has shattered the June 17 memorandum and threatens to engulf the entire region.Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media