What's Oil Got To Do with It?
Azerbaijan, Turkey, and the challenge of divesting from Russian petroleum
![A map of a shipping route from the report discussed below, which shows the path taken by Russian oil via transport ships to Turkey for refinement and resale to the rest of Europe. A map of a shipping route from the report discussed below, which shows the path taken by Russian oil via transport ships to Turkey for refinement and resale to the rest of Europe.](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc885fce-65f1-49b5-af4f-dd9f728e9985_1200x816.png)
Hours before Russia invaded Ukraine, I published “Oil imperialism and the struggle for human control over our futures” at now-defunct OnlySky. There, I reflected on the intricacy of the global oil market, framed around a power-play disrupted by pandemic.
As such, I was not at all …
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