Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, analyses what blocking off the strait would mean for oil prices, geopolitics and Donald Trump’s political calendar https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/04/13/the-war-room-newsletter-the-consequences-of-the-hormuz-blockade?taid=69dd3fb931b3850001220e71&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=voante