Concepts coined on the record. Each enters the vocabulary in one issue and is cited by the issues that follow, so the publication compounds. Nothing here is silently patched; a term means what its coining issue says it means.
Discriminate by legality, not alignment: a protected compliant lane open to every lawful flag, Chinese included, and a dark lane strangled by registry, insurance, and port access rather than gunfire. No one drowns, no oil spills, the barrels stop.
Coined when the author asked whether the strait could be run so approved shipping passes and shadow shipping is sunk at the mouth. The answer replaced sinking with strangulation: the adversary can shield its clients from drones, but it cannot make its own dark fleet insured, flagged, or lawful.
The standing premium every counterparty now charges against American commitments, priced into every deal whether or not it is spoken.
Coined in Issue No. 2's proceedings.