Ataque às linhas de comunicações marítimas no estreito de Ormuz de 2014 até 2024: vigẽncia e aplicabilidade contemporânea da teoria de Julian Corbett

Abstract

The objective of this research is to analyze Julian Corbett’s theory on the control of maritime communications, regarding its relevance and applicability to the attacks on maritime communication lines that occurred in the Strait of Hormuz between 2014 and 2024. The significance of this study lies in the value of examining how Corbett’s theoretical postulates, developed in the early twentieth century, remain relevant today and offer useful perspectives for understanding contemporary conflicts. To achieve this goal, research was conducted based on documentary and bibliographic sources, complemented by analyses of defense-related reports, international organization documents, and specialized academic literature. A descriptive and analytical methodology was adopted, aimed at comparing the theoretical postulates presented in Julian Corbett’s 1911 work Some Principles of Maritime Strategy with the events that occurred between 2014 and 2024 in the Strait of Hormuz. In this way, by confronting the theoretical foundations with the events that took place in the Strait of Hormuz over the past decade, the study sought to identify the existence of points of convergence, thereby determining to what extent the analyzed attacks can be interpreted as a contemporary application of Corbett’s ideas on attacks against maritime communications, assessing the relevance of these actions within the current geopolitical context, their impact on global economic stability in one of the world’s most sensitive maritime areas, and their direct contribution to the overarching objective of sea control.