Gulf crisis: Washington reinstates Hormuz blockade as oil surges

China

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Energy Importers Concerned · 4 of 10 countries

Beijing is assessing the risks of an escalation in the Gulf, which directly threatens its energy security and supply routes

South Korea

4 SOURCES

Energy Importers Concerned · 4 of 10 countries

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.

United Arab Emirates

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Single source

Gulf States Directly Affected · 2 of 10 countries

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.

United States

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US-Western Camp · 2 of 10 countries

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.

India

4 SOURCES

Energy Importers Concerned · 4 of 10 countries

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.

Iran

2 SOURCES

Critics of Washington · 2 of 10 countries

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.

Pakistan

3 SOURCES

Energy Importers Concerned · 4 of 10 countries

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.

Qatar

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2 SOURCES

Gulf States Directly Affected · 2 of 10 countries

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.

United Kingdom

3 SOURCES

US-Western Camp · 2 of 10 countries

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.

Russia

STATE MEDIA

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Single source

Critics of Washington · 2 of 10 countries

Moscow denounces a unilateral American escalation in the Gulf, which has shattered the June 17 memorandum and threatens to engulf the entire region.