Blockading the Blockade 🪂🥂🤸‍♀️ Sino-The Times: Will Iran Fold?

Blockading the Blockade 🪂🥂🤸‍♀️ Sino-The Times: Will Iran Fold?

From A Paratrooper And A Yogi Walk Into A Bar... Andrew Fox & Shana Meyerson Talk Israel by Shana Meyerson and Andrew Fox

April 14, 2026 · 1h 4m · Episode 46

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Andrew Fox and Shana Meyerson discuss the implications of the US blockade in the Strait of Hormuz and the potential for a US-China showdown.

Iran has blockaded the Strait of Hormuz. And now the United States has blockaded the blockade. As Donald Trump tries to force Iran to surrender and give up their nuclear program by choking their economy, there is another major player to consider: China. Will a potential U.S. - China showdown spark World War III? Will the world economy survive this crisis? Will the IRGC survive? In this live conversation, military expert Andrew Fox and A Paratrooper And A Yogi Walk Into A Bar cohost, Shana Meyerson, discuss the US blockade in the Strait of Hormuz and its geopolitical implications. Andrew Fox is a research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society and cohost of The Brink Podcast. He served for 16 years in the British Army, leaving the Parachute Regiment with the rank of Major. He completed 3 tours in Afghanistan including one attached to US Army Special Forces, as well as further tours of Bosnia, Northern Ireland and the Middle East. He was a senior lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, teaching in the War Studies and Behavioural Science departments. In the last year he has visited Gaza twice as well as Hezbollah tunnels in Lebanon. Andrew is a regular Middle East commentator…

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