There are moments in history when catastrophe announces itself loudly, with sirens and spectacle. Instead, it is widening, hardening, and turning into an open-ended, region-wide war with no clear exit and mounting global consequences. Every single day the Strait of Hormuz stays closed, the damage to the global economy compounds. Iran’s closure of the strait has been described as the largest disruption to the world’s energy supply since the 1970s energy crisis. It is watching the slow unravelling of the energy architecture, the food system, and the supply chains that underpin modern civilisation.

Source: Indian Express April 02, 2026 08:39 UTC