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SUMMARY:Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
DESCRIPTION:The topic is the Strait of Hormuz from maritime\, economic\, po
 litical and strategic perspectives. All are welcome. Zoom format. Moderate
 d by Barbara Griffiths.\nTo request the Zoom link for the first time pleas
 e email kathryn@witherlelibrary.net\nA suggested reading list follows:\nT
 he Strait of Hormuz in 8 Charts\, Center for Strategic and International S
 tudies\, April 22\, 2026. No subscription required\, click on link. Good v
 isual backgrounder. https://www.csis.org/analysis/strait-hormuz-8-charts\
 nIsrael/US-Iran Conflict 2026: Reopening the Strait of Hormuz by Philip Ro
 th\, United Kingdom House of Commons Library\, April 24\, 2026. No subscri
 ption required\, click on link.  Long\, but good background (there’s a 
 summary) and UK point of view.\n https://researchbriefings.files.parliame
 nt.uk/documents/CBP-10636/CBP-10636.pdf\nRemarks by Secretary General Arse
 nio Dominguez of the International Maritime Organization at the UK-France 
 Summit on Freedom of Navigation in the Strait of Hormuz\, April 17\,  202
 6.   One of the shortest\, clearest UN statements ever and says it all on
  international freedom of navigation\, in principle.\nNo subscription requ
 ired\, click on link.\nhttps://www.imo.org/en/mediacentre/secretarygeneral
 /pages/statement-summit-uk-france-strait-of-hormuz.aspx\nHere’s How Trum
 p Can Get Us out of the Mess in Iran\, William J Burns\, New York Times Op
 inion April 24\, 2026.  Former career diplomat and former Director of the
  CIA.  Subscription required to access\, available at the Library. https
 ://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/opinion/international-world/iran-war-trump-d
 eal.html\n
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