# Global Oil Prices

The Hormuz Chokepoint: Assessing Washington’s High-Stakes Gambit to Reopen the Strait

As the US-Iran conflict enters its third week, the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered a global energy crisis. The Pentagon is weighing five high-risk military options to reopen the waterway, ranging from bunker-busting air strikes to a full-scale amphibious invasion of Kharg Island.