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The Iranian regime's ability to suppress internal unrest keeps hardliners in power, sustaining a coercive Gulf posture that drives shipping attacks, boosts the oil risk premium, and pushes Gulf states to invest in Hormuz-bypass port infrastructure.
// Cascade Logic
Suppressed protests → regime survival → continued Gulf coercion/shipping attacks → oil risk premium + UAE east-coast bypass port investment
// Causal Graph
// Causal Links
enablesstrength: 55%shift: 30%
A surviving hardline regime retains both the command structure and the incentive to project deterrence through asymmetric maritime coercion against Gulf shipping and partners.
triggersstrength: 50%shift: 30%
Attacks inside the Gulf sharpen the strategic case for east-coast (Fujairah-side) port capacity that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz, accelerating DP World's investment decision.
enablesstrength: 80%shift: 40%
Absence of regime-threatening nationwide unrest removes the primary internal pathway to collapse, allowing the clerical establishment to retain control through the strike cycle.