Waterways will shape the Middle East’s future

The battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz is part of a jigsaw puzzle that, once put together, will depict the Middle East and the Horn of Africa’s post-war political map and regional security architecture. So, will the struggle for control of the Bab al-Mandab waterway on the other side of the Gulf peninsula. If the battle for the opening of the Strait is fought with naval blockades,…