Attacks this morning on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman provide the latest sign that geopolitical tensions in the region are mounting and there is a significant and increasing risk that events morph into outright conflict. This would do severe damage to the region’s economies and could have major indirect effects on the global economy via the oil market.
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