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Iran’s real battlefield may be the global oil market, not the Strait of Hormuz. Scholar Robert Pape argues that economic pressure—not military strikes—is now the decisive factor in the conflict, with oil prices at the pump becoming the ultimate barometer of who’s winning. Through “controlled instability,” Iran can keep markets jittery without firing a shot, driving prices up and triggering inflation, economic strain, and political unrest—echoing the long-term fallout of the 1973 oil embargo. The quietest threat might be the most powerful.

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