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Strait of Hormuz shock: How a war at sea threatens the petrodollar order

Twenty‑six years ago, the late Iraqi president Saddam Hussein made a decision that resonated far beyond Baghdad. He moved to price Iraq’s oil exports in euros instead of US dollars – a step interpreted by many observers at the time as both symbolic defiance and a practical attempt to loosen the financial constraints imposed by Washington’s sanctions regime.By Suleyman KaranWhile the shift alone did not determine Iraq’s fate, it fed into a wider confrontation with the US over sovereignty, regional power, and control of energy markets.What followed is well...
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