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Sanctions adaptation
Rerouting trade, deepening alternative partnerships, and restructuring industry to persist under economic restrictions.
How to read coverage
Sanctions rarely flip regimes quickly — track enforcement gaps, intermediaries, import substitution quality, and inflation pass-through.
OAP frame
Adaptation is a contest between restrictors’ reach and target states’ tolerance for inefficiency, corruption, and militarization.
What to watch
- shadow trade
- dual-use imports
- currency policy
Example countries