Russia’s Threats to Shipping Bring Risk of War to Black Sea​

Thea Dunlevie  | Quoted by Jared Malsin

External Source: The Wall Street Journal

“’Russia’s intention is to reorder the Black Sea’s regional order,’ said Thea Dunlevie, a senior analyst at the Center for Maritime Strategy in Washington. ‘They’ve just realized that their old strategy wasn’t working. Now they’ve just decided to turn up the heat…They’re using the threat of war to deter commercial investment and engagement in the region,’ said Dunlevie of the Center for Maritime Strategy. ‘They don’t even need to fire a missile. All they need to do is threaten it, because companies are losing out so significantly.'”

The full article is available at The Wall Street Journal

Thea Dunlevie, Senior Analyst

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