Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, a naval strategist and historian, once said: “Whoever rules the waves rules the world.” Mahan believed that national greatness was inextricably linked to the sea. The American naval strategist argued that control of sea lanes creates natural advantages in trade, reach and strategic influence, and that national prosperity and power depended […]The post Hormuz blockade may herald end of American globalization appeared first on Asia Times.