The geographical location of Oman makes it one of the most strategically important countries in the world when it comes to energy and trade. China, notably through its relationship with Iran, has been pursuing control of all major oil shipping chokepoints from the Middle East to the West. The upcoming visit of the Iranian President to Oman could mark the final push in China’s plan to dominate, with the help of allies, the region’s oil shipping channels. Oman occupies an extraordinarily significant geographical position in the world and thus is of equally significant political importance to the two global power blocs: the U.S. and its allies on the one hand, and the China-Russia axis and its allies on the other. The Sultanate has long coastlines along the Gulf of Oman and along the Arabian Sea, away from the extremely politically sensitive Strait of Hormuz, through which passes at least […]