When one crisis touches canal access, another hits crude and a third touches the Strait of Hormuz, it is hard to call these a coincidence
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenJulien ChaissePublished: 8:30pm, 9 Mar 2026Over the past 12 months, a series of political and military crises has erupted in different parts of the world. Do they have anything in common?
On the surface, the dramas in Iran, Panama, Venezuela and Greenland look separate, each with its own cast, excuse and headlines. What links them is not ideology, or the public language used to sell each move. It is the map.
Put those points together and a harder question comes into view. Are we watching a run of unrelated crises or a contest over routes, ports, oil and access?
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