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GEOPOLITICS // MARKETS // SECURITY
No navy blocked the Strait. No mines were laid. The world's most important energy chokepoint was closed by an actuarial judgment. A sourced analysis of JWLA-033, the $20B DFC facility, and the insurance mechanism that commercially closed Hormuz.
Day 14: The Iran campaign has no identifiable ceasefire mechanism and is escalating. We assess the week of 17-23 March presents the highest convergence of military and financial risk since the campaign began.
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NIC assesses regime change unlikely. JWLA-033 commercially closes Hormuz. All diplomatic channels collapsed. Trump-Putin call opens new vector.
Energy infrastructure exchange transforms campaign. Russia exploits two-theatre interceptor bind. Two-tier Strait emerges as parallel maritime order.
Russia shares targeting intelligence on US forces. Insurance mechanism closes Hormuz — sovereign backstop creates unprecedented Treasury exposure.
Iran campaign shifts to regime destabilisation. Hormuz insurance blockade creates two-tier energy order. Central banks trapped in stagflation scissors.