Aurora Macro Strategies

MENA Report: A Tale of Two Straits

July 23, 2026

GeopoliticsMENA

A second shipping chokepoint has just opened alongside Hormuz, and oil prices are already reacting. Aurora maps the export arithmetic behind the Bab el-Mandab closure and identifies the price level that could force Washington to act.

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MENA Report: A Tale of Two Straits