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Why the Middle East May Be the World’s Most Immediate Global Risk

I begin with the map and the Middle East global risk because it shows how a war centred on Iran can reach household budgets thousands of kilometres away. Tehran retaliated across the region, and traffic through the Strait of Hormuz – the Persian Gulf's main […]

Why the Middle East May Be the World’s Most Immediate Global Risk

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I begin with the map and the Middle East global risk because it shows how a war centred on Iran can reach household budgets thousands of kilometres away.

Tehran retaliated across the region, and traffic through the Strait of Hormuz – the Persian Gulf's main […]

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I begin with the map and the Middle East global risk because it shows how a war centred on Iran can reach household budgets thousands of kilometres away. Tehran retaliated across the region, and traffic through the Strait of Hormuz – the Persian Gulf's main […]

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