Costs and Difficulties of Blocking the Strait of Hormuz

William D. O'Neil is an author and consultant who formerly served as an official in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and as a naval officer, as well as a defense industry engineering and analysis executive. He thanks H.H. Gaffney and G.H. Porter for helpful comments.

Caitlin Talmadge is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she is a member of the Security Studies Program. She is also a Research Fellow at the Brookings Institution.