By strangling the waterway, Iran retaliated against the US and eased some financial sanctions. In this episode of The Big View Edward Fishman, senior fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, tells Peter Thal Larsen how American economic weapons have been turned against it.

The Big View, March 2025: Why financial warfare could backfire on the US

Edward Fishman: Iran is Using America’s Playbook Against Us, New York Times, March 2026

Benjamin Alter and Edward Fishman: The Dark Side of Energy Independence, New York Times, 2013

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