The Iran Crisis #16: Helena Cobban on Hormuz and 5,000 Years of Strategic Power

About this episode

Helena Cobban discusses the historical significance of the Strait of Hormuz in the context of the Iran crisis.

In this special presentation for Just World Educational's Iran Crisis series, Helena Cobban, the president of Just World Ed, delivered a pre-recorded talk for the Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center conference in Orinda, California, on April 25th. Unable to attend in person and having to record her remarks more than 24 hours before they would be delivered, she chose to take a long historical view of the crisis by tracing the Strait of Hormuz across 5,000 years of human history. She tr...

People in this episode

Host: Helena Cobban

Topics covered

• Iran Crisis
• Strait of Hormuz
• historical perspective
• strategic power
• peace and justice

Keywords

• Iran
• Hormuz
• strategic power
• history
• peace conference

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Just World Educational

Places: Strait of Hormuz, California

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