Swaran Singh
There is a certain historical irony unfolding in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz. For decades, the United States has been the principal architect of maritime security in this narrow artery through which a fifth of the world’s oil and quarter of gas flows, mostly to various rapidly growing Asian nations.
However, as President Donald Trump last week called upon nations to help secure shipping lanes amid escalating tensions with Iran, the response has been tellingly muted. This silence is beginning to speak louder than words. What is emerging is not a “coalition of the willing” but something far more revealing of our times: a coalition of the unwilling.
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