Strait of Hormuz in 2025: Why Asia Now Has More to Lose Than the West?

Decades of energy trade evolution have shifted the global balance: the Strait of Hormuz is no longer a U.S. vulnerability—it’s an Asian risk

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In the contested waters of the Persian Gulf, where geopolitical tension often brews just beneath the surface, one narrow passageway remains disproportionately vital to the world economy: the Strait of Hormuz, which is narrowest at 21 miles (34 kilometers) wide. Amid rising hostilities in the Middle East—particularly the simmering Iran-Israel conflict—this strategic maritime corridor has once again become a focal point for global anxieties. But the stakes in 2025 are very different from those in the past.