A European mission in Hormuz...an early test of post-war arrangements

The pledge of European leaders, led by French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, to launch a multinational naval mission in the Strait of Hormuz immediately after the peace agreement between the United States and Iran is confirmed, has raised widespread questions about the nature of the expected European role in one of the most sensitive waterways in the world, and the limits of this mission.