https://hormuz.net/tags/gulf-politics/ Recent content in Gulf Politics on Hormuz.net Hugo en-us Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://hormuz.net/omans-geometry-the-sultanate-that-borders-both-sides-of-the-chokepoint/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://hormuz.net/omans-geometry-the-sultanate-that-borders-both-sides-of-the-chokepoint/ <p>The Musandam Peninsula is an exclave of Oman separated from the rest of the sultanate by a strip of UAE territory. It juts northward into the Gulf, forming the southern jaw of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran&rsquo;s coastline forms the northern jaw. Between them is the corridor through which the global oil trade flows. Oman is the only country in the world that shares a maritime border with Iran along the strait, and this geographic fact has given the sultanate a diplomatic role that its size and military capacity would not otherwise justify.</p>