War chokes the Strait of Hormuz, leaving hundreds of oil tankers and container ships stranded and raising alarms of a looming global energy shock and food shortages across the Gulf and beyond.
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Jackie Northam is NPR's International Affairs Correspondent. She is a veteran journalist who has spent four decades reporting on conflict, geopolitics and life across the globe — from the mountains of Afghanistan and the desert sands of Saudi Arabia, to the gritty prison camp at Guantanamo Bay and the pristine beauty of the Arctic.