Peter Zeihan has been claiming that the US has been backing away from globalization for decades - withdrawing from proving the naval protection of global shipping that it has been proving the world since 1945, and is essential to the maintenance of global supply chains.
This may be an example. If Iran had grabbed merchant ships in the 1980s, what would the USN have done?
“Proving”? You mean “providing”? (Overactive spell check?)
You make a good point though. Without protection of shipping, commerce will fall apart. Exactly what the disruptors want. China’s support of Iran is playing with fire (for China too).