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Russia Threatens Reciprocal Ship Seizures as Warship Maintains Permanent Channel Presence
Permanent Russian naval presence in the Channel and explicit threats of reciprocal merchant-ship seizures mark a doctrinal shift from protective escort to contested enforcement of maritime trade routes Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Moscow will respond “in kind” to European seizures of vessels linked to its oil trade, stating that any such actions… Continue reading
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US Gangsterism at Sea: The Pursuit of Marinera and the Return of Gunboat Enforcement
The legal and strategic consequences of American piracy, coercive power beyond the UN Charter, and the erosion of international maritime law The pursuit of the oil tanker formerly known as Bella 1 illustrates a form of maritime coercion that sits outside any recognised mandate under international law. The episode concerns a sanctioned commercial vessel carrying… Continue reading
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US Weaponising Sanctions to Seize and Reassign Russian Assets
A sanctions regime engineered to force the transfer of strategic Russian energy infrastructure to US-aligned interests The United States has long used economic instruments as instruments of statecraft, but recent actions around Russian energy firms show a pattern that extends beyond mere pressure to shape political outcomes. The sequence of measures taken against Lukoil and… Continue reading
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