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02 May 2026: Dire Straits, The Strait That Won’t Reopen; System Insights

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Kevin Thomas Ryan
May 02, 2026
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Horizon - Signals and Insights | 02 May 2026: The Strait That Won't Reopen — What’s on the Radar, System Insights, and Recommended Reads - Kevin Thomas Ryan

In this edition: signal; on the radar; systemic insights; what I am reading; and one last thing.

Signal

Dire Straits: The Strait That Won’t Reopen

Despite the ceasefire framework agreed in early April, the world’s most critical maritime chokepoint, the Strait of Hormuz, remained severely disrupted and highly abnormal for commercial shipping this week, kee…

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