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S8 Ep1108: Chaos in the Strait of Hormuz and Global Alignments. Gordon Chang and Kamran Bokhari. The Strait of Hormuz memorandum of understanding has collapsed, leading the U.S. to end the ceasefire with Iran. Iran is attempting to divide international allies by cou

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 9 July 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Chaos in the Strait of Hormuz and Global Alignments. Gordon Chang and Kamran Bokhari. The Strait of Hormuzmemorandum of understanding has collapsed, leading the U.S. to end the ceasefire with Iran. Iran is attempting to divide international allies by courting India and Pakistan. Pakistan balances a mediating role against domestic economic instability, while India shifts toward a burden-sharing role in the Indo-Pacific. (1)
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0:47.7

Gordon Chang at Gordon G. Chang joins me,

0:50.0

and we're looking at a story that is a moving story in Eurasia to do with the Strait of Hormuz.

0:55.6

The Strait of Hormuz was declared open by the President of the United States some days past

1:00.6

following the agreeing 14-point memo of understanding.

1:04.9

However, events in these last hours during the NATO meeting in Ankara, Turkey,

1:15.8

suggests that the memo of understanding is no longer in action,

1:22.8

and that as the President of the United States says to a NATO meeting, as far as I'm concerned, it's over.

1:25.0

The memo of understanding was straight of Hormuz.

1:31.2

In the meantime, before it was over, it was a list of favored nations by the Islamic Republic, and striking on that list, were India and Pakistan, along with Russia and China

1:36.3

and Iraq.

1:38.3

Gordon, I come to you because Cameron joins us, but I puzzle about your reaction first, and

1:43.9

then your question for Cameron.

1:46.1

What do you make of this idea that there was a favored list? Was that meant to acknowledge

1:52.8

the obvious attending the funeral? India did send a representative. Was that an attempt to divide

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