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Geopolitics Decanted is a podcast featuring geopolitical analysis and in-depth expert interviews on topics ranging from War in Ukraine, Great Power Competition with China, changing nature of warfare, sanctions and export controls, semiconductors and cybersecurity. This is a podcast for people who care about the details and

It is hosted by Dmitri Alperovitch, Chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator (www.silverado.org), a Washington DC-based non-profit with a mission to promote prosperity and global competitiveness for America and its allies by accelerating bipartisan strategic, economic and technological policy solutions.

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How to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz

Three weeks into the US-Israel war with Iran, the Strait of Hormuz remains closed — and reopening it may be far harder and slower than many may realize.

Three weeks into the US-Israel war with Iran, the Strait of Hormuz remains closed — and reopening it may be far harder and slower than many may realize. Dmitri Alperovitch talks to RADM Mark Montgomery (Ret.), who has transited the strait 25+ times and lays out what it will actually take, why Kharg Island is a distraction, and the possible uncomfortable timeline for return to normalcy.

[00:00] Introduction

[01:09] Threat Environment in the Strait of Hormuz

[03:37] Military Strategies for Reopening the Strait

[05:19] Cruise Missile Threat

[11:43] Tackling the Mine Problem

[19:57] Convoy Operations in the Persian Gulf

[26:43] Kharg Island

[31:41] How long to return of normal traffic in the Gulf?

[36:14] The Endgame

[42:20] The Houthi problem

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