Simon Capobianco

Simon Capobianco is a former Senior Analyst at the Munk Centre for Global Affairs, where I contributed to the Syria Watch and CCR2P projects. I have also written on international affairs for Rights Review, the University of Toronto Faculty of Law's human rights magazine.

No End to Iran War until Hormuz’s Fate Is Settled

Opinion - Jul 01, 2026
STRAIT OF HORMUZ (Oct. 29, 2011) The amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) transits the Strait of Hormuz. Bataan is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Quartermaster 1st Class Thomas E. Dowling/Released)

The stalemate over the Strait of Hormuz is structural and rooted in the very nature of contemporary Mideast geopolitics. It won’t be easily overcome.

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