When does permissible strategic competition become illegitimate coercion, and when does state power begin to resemble organised crime? What is the Trump…
Michael John-Hopkins
Dr Michael John-Hopkins
Senior Lecturer in Law
School of Law and Social Sciences (LSS)
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS)
Oxford Brookes University
Reports that U.S. forces boarded and seized a large oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast on 10 December 2025 have already prompted…