Russia'S Shadow Fleet: How Sanctioned Oil Moves
How Russia uses obscure ownership, reflagged tankers, and legal gray zones to keep oil flowing, and why states are now boarding the ships to stop it.
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Dead in the WaterMatthew Campbell, Kit ChellelInvestigative account of illicit maritime oil trade and organized schemes that maps how shadow fleets operate and get...Shelf signal: True Crime
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ChokepointsEdward FishmanExplains strategic chokepoints and the geopolitics of maritime trade that make tanker interdictions consequential.Shelf signal: Security Studies
The Oil KingsAndrew Scott CooperHistorical account of oil politics showing how energy markets, state actors, and sanctions shape modern shipping...Shelf signal: Iranian History
BackfireAgathe DemaraisAnalytical treatment of sanctions as a tool, useful for understanding enforcement limits, blowback, and policy...Shelf signal: Trade & Tariffs
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