Building and protecting those pipelines will be expensive—but far cheaper than trying to keep the strait open by force or coping with periodic shortages and price spikes.
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Philip H. Gordon,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Oct. 2026
The Houthis attacked Saudi oil facilities and pipelines, disrupting crude supplies and sending prices sharply higher.
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