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Center for Energy Studies | Journal

A Maritime Oil Blockade Against China—Tactically Tempting but Strategically Flawed

March 27, 2018 | Gabriel Collins
Chinese oil production

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Gabriel Collins

Baker Botts Fellow in Energy and Environmental Regulatory Affairs | CES Lead, Energy and Geopolitics in Eurasia
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Abstract

The political, economic, and financial aspects of sustaining an oil blockade against China mean that even a militarily successful blockader could find its political, economic, and diplomatic position untenable well before a blockade could exert its full effects.

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