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Security Responses to Piracy in Southeast Asia, West Africa and Somalia

Author : Martin N. Murphy
Publisher : Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research
ISBN 13 : 9948147332
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Security Responses to Piracy in Southeast Asia, West Africa and Somalia written by Martin N. Murphy and published by Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pirates of Somalia have shaken the maritime world. They have mounted what amounts to the most substantial non-state threat to the security of international shipping for half a century and perhaps longer. Piracy outbreaks have also occurred in Southeast Asia and West Africa. In each case the international community has responded differently. What lessons can be learned from three different approaches and is it possible to distill lessons of international best practice that can be applied in the Gulf of Aden and the northern Arabian Sea? This paper will examine how and why these three piracy outbreaks arose. It will describe in particular why the threat off Somalia grew so rapidly, why it declined and why the elements that made it successful remain in place. It will examine the responses of the international community, asking whether or not the response off Somalia might have been more effective if it had benefitted from stronger international backing and more coherent coordination. It will make the point that maritime security – the prevention and suppression of disorder at sea – must address many more issues than piracy as the theft of fish and the movement of drugs; weapons and people can often present greater risks. It will build on this point by looking at maritime security developments drawn from all three regions that may be employed advantageously in the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea, before circling back to look at the fundamental problem, which is one of landward security and asking what initiatives have been taken to address this in Somalia and which ones appear to be yielding results. Finally, it will examine whether the way forward does lie with a unified global initiative, or if steps are better taken regionally calling upon extra-regional support as necessary.

Piracy in Southeast Asia

Author : Carolin Liss
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134819099
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Piracy in Southeast Asia written by Carolin Liss and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book combines multi-disciplinary ethnographic and theoretical approaches to examine piracy in Southeast Asia and the regional and international responses to this threat. During the piracy boom of the early to mid-2000s, the issue of piracy in Southeast Asia received substantial academic attention. Recent scholarship, however, has shifted the focus to Somali piracy and the resurgence of piracy in Southeast Asia has largely been neglected in the academic community. This volume seeks to remedy this gap in the current literature. The primary aim is to examine how piracy has evolved in Southeast Asia over the past ten years, to address why piracy has re-emerged as a security threat, to evaluate efforts at maintaining security in regional waters, and to offer an analysis of what might be expected in the next decade. The contributions are drawn from academics, policy makers, and military officers, covering a range of disciplines including international relations, socio-cultural anthropology, security studies, history, law, and Asian studies. Taken together, the contributions in this volume provide a better understanding of contemporary piracy in Southeast Asia and suggest avenues to successfully combat piracy in this region. This book will be of much interest to students of maritime security, Asian politics, security studies, and international relations in general.

Piracy in Southeast Asia

Author : Derek Johnson
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN 13 : 981230326X
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Piracy in Southeast Asia written by Derek Johnson and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2005 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond providing a solid foundation for the analysis of maritime piracy in Southeast Asia, the book also gives considerable attention to the challenges of regional co-operation.

Modern Piracy

Author : Douglas Guilfoyle
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849804931
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (498 download)

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Download or read book Modern Piracy written by Douglas Guilfoyle and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ÔA number of books dealing with piracy have been published in recent years. This book stands out by the breadth of its coverage, which, unusually and much to be welcomed, includes detailed consideration of both public and private law. The book is also notable for the quality and range of expertise of its contributors, who are not only leading experts in the field but a mixture of academic and practising lawyers.Õ Ð Robin Churchill, The University of Dundee, UK ÔPiracy once again is posing serious threats to international trade, navigation and, of course, to the safety of seafarers. This collection of outstanding essays by outstanding scholars and practitioners examines the background to the re-emergence of piracy in South Asia, East and West Africa and explores the complex legal and practical challenges which crafting effective responses has presented. It is, quite simply, essential reading for anyone who is seriously interested in understanding and responding to one of the most pressing problems of our time.Õ Ð Malcolm Evans, University of Bristol, UK Modern Piracy is the first book to survey the law of maritime piracy from both public law and commercial law perspectives, as well as providing a contextual overview of piracy in major hotspots. Topics covered include issues of international law, law-enforcement cooperation, private armed security, ransoms, insurance and carriage of goods by sea. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the range of legal issues presented by the modern piracy menace and will be of interest to scholars and practitioners alike. Benefiting from a wide range of international expertise, this book will be of interest to public international law academics, government legal counsel, maritime commercial law practitioners, international relations academics as well as anyone interested in transnational organised crime.

Piracy in the Horn of Africa

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Piracy in the Horn of Africa written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maritime piracy provides unique challenges for nations that are attempting to combat it. In the 1990s, Southeast Asia was the world's number one region for pirate attacks on maritime vessels, but that statistic has since improved. In the new millennium, the Horn of Africa has eclipsed Southeast Asia to become the top region for pirate attacks. State failure in Somalia, coupled with regional economic and political weakness, has allowed piracy to thrive. Since late 2008, an international response that consists of maritime forces from around the world has been assisting the shipping industry by providing security. Thus far, this effort has had mixed success. As the rate of successful attacks has decreased, the frequency at which they occur has continued to increase. This thesis investigates the rise and fall of piracy in Southeast Asia and compares causal factors and responses to piracy in the Horn of Africa. The purpose is to provide an analysis of lessons learned in Southeast Asia that could be applied to curtail piracy in the Horn of Africa.

The International Response to Somali Piracy

Author : Bibi van Ginkel
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004190031
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book The International Response to Somali Piracy written by Bibi van Ginkel and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-09-24 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent surge in piracy attacks off the coast of Somalia has triggered an international response which is unprecedented in terms of the number of actors involved. The International Response to Somali Piracy presents a comprehensive treatment of the international response to Somali piracy, exploring current initiatives to counter the piracy threat, both operationally and legally. Moreover, the book analyzes the regional and broader international context within which these initiatives are taken, and identifies the challenges and opportunities for international cooperation on fighting piracy at sea. This volume brings together experts from a great variety of different backgrounds and disciplines.

Maritime Piracy

Author : Robert Haywood
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136504249
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book Maritime Piracy written by Robert Haywood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maritime Piracy is now a pressing global issue, and this work seeks to provide a concise and informative introduction to the area. Never truly having receded into a romanticized past, seaborne banditry’s rapid growth was stimulated by low risks and increasingly high rewards. Currently, obsolete, incomplete and complicating structures and norms of governance, together with advances in technology, enable a lucrative business model for pirates, as they effectively operate with impunity and claim increasing ransoms. Beginning with an overview and historical development of piracy and the relevant maritime governance structures, this work progresses to examine how 20th century shifts in global governance norms and structures eventually left the high seas open for predatory attacks on one of the worlds fastest growing and essential industries. Moving through contemporary debates about how to best combat piracy, the work concludes that the solution to a chronic global problem requires a long-term, holistic, and inclusive approach. Examining militaristic, legalist and humanitarian strategies and offering a critical evaluation of the various problems they bring, this work will be of great interest to all students and scholars of international law, international organizations and maritime security.

The New Pirates

Author : Andrew Palmer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857734938
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book The New Pirates written by Andrew Palmer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Piracy is a significant global threat to international sea-borne trade - the life-blood of modern industrial economies and vital for world economic survival. The pirates of today are constantly in the world's news media, preying on private and merchant shipping from small, high-speed vessels. Andrew Palmer here provides the historical background to the new piracy, its impact on the shipping and insurance industries and also considers the role of international bodies like the UN and the International Maritime Bureau, international law and the development of advanced naval and military measures. He shows how this 'new' piracy is rooted in the geopolitics and socio-economic conditions of the late-20th century where populations live on the margins and where weak or 'failed states' can encourage criminal activity and even international terrorism. Somalia is considered to be the nest of piracy, but hotspots include not only the Red Sea region, but also the whole Indian Ocean, West Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia and the South China Seas.

Piracy, Maritime Terrorism and Securing the Malacca Straits

Author : Graham Gerard Ong-Webb
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN 13 : 9812304177
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Piracy, Maritime Terrorism and Securing the Malacca Straits written by Graham Gerard Ong-Webb and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2006-11-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maritime piracy continues to persist as a significant phenomenon manifesting a range of social, historical, geo-political, security and economic issues. Today, the waters of Southeast Asia serve as the dominant region for the occurrence of piracy and the challenges it poses to regional security and Malacca Straits security. As a second installment within the Series on Maritime Issues and Piracy in Asia by the International Institute of Asian Studies, Leiden University, and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, the authors of this volume add fresh perspectives to the ongoing debate about piracy, the threat of maritime terrorism, and the challenge of securing the Malacca Straits today.

Seaborne Perils

Author : Bruce A. Elleman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442260203
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Seaborne Perils written by Bruce A. Elleman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive survey of historical and contemporary issues related to maritime crime and piracy, with a special focus on Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, explains why piracy is a growing problem and how it affects security policy making in the United States. Here, piracy is defined as taking place on the high seas, while maritime crime takes place within a country’s territorial waters. Seaborne terrorism may occur in either one of these maritime zones. Maritime piracy can be divided into several categories, from pirates robbing a ship or its crew of petty items while at sea to taking a ship’s cargo and taking control of a vessel, reflagging it, and then using this captured ship to smuggle drugs, transport illegal immigrants, or conduct further acts of piracy. This is the most dangerous, not only because pirates can use a captured ship to carry out more raids, but also because they can use the ship’s identity papers to transport goods and weapons—potentially WMDs—into otherwise secure port areas. A special concern to the US is that the threat of piracy is growing most quickly in parts of the world—such as Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia—where both global trade is rapidly expanding and where international terrorist groups are actively functioning or have supporters. This geographical overlap suggests that the risk that pirates and terrorists may one day cooperate to strike at the US or an ally is most likely also on the rise. While many important African, South Asia, and Southeast Asian cases have received insufficient attention, many well-known historical piracy events stand in need of a reappraisal. This book integrates a number of multinational, multiregional, and historical cases of piracy, maritime crime, and seaborne terrorism to investigate whether piracy and other forms of maritime crime are becoming a major United States national security concern. It analyzes some of the most important cases, especially of the 19th, 20th, and early 21st centuries, as well as specific historical events. This allows to draw lessons as to what are the components of successful and unsuccessful piracy, common causes, the type of navy necessary to control it, and finally, possible military, political, and economic consequences. The book also discusses various types of cases, including parasitic, intrinsic, episodic, and opportunistic piracy. Specific cases are also evaluated in terms of the changing interpretations of international law and the recent reported growth rates of piracy, maritime crime, and seaborne terrorism. These findings are used to explore the impact of piracy on maritime security, in particular in Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia and their surrounding waters, which is where the majority of contemporary piracies and maritime crimes occur. Different methods of policing piracy and maritime crime are evaluated, including the viability of adopting greater Maritime Domain Awareness, which would require that all ships at sea—regardless of size or function—emit a signal beacon identifying their name, country of origin, and route. This combination of historical and modern day piracy and the many cases studied will provide readers with a broader understanding of maritime piracy.

Modern Maritime Piracy

Author : Robert C. McCabe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351671510
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Modern Maritime Piracy written by Robert C. McCabe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the complex phenomena of modern maritime piracy. The work offers a cutting-edge analysis of modern maritime piracy in the two most pirate-prone regions – southeast Asia and northeast Africa – from the late twentieth century to the modern day. These case studies present a detailed exploration of how regional and international governments responded to upsurges of piracy and how responses have evolved over the course of the past 40 years. This analysis reveals the results of these efforts and what effect, if any, suppressing piracy at sea had on tensions and instability ashore. The book transcends a simple narrative, providing detailed and extensively researched case studies of contemporary manifestations and responses at the strategic, operational and tactical levels. New insights are offered, such as the role of external navies in the repression of piracy in northeast Africa before the well-documented escalation in 2005. In addition, this book constructs a comparative analytic framework to gauge the effectiveness and shortcomings of modern attempts to counteract piracy, which reveals lessons learned, future policy projections and wider implications. This analysis adds new classifications, innovative concepts and scholarly depth to the field of maritime security studies, naval history and theory and international relations. This book will be of much interest to students of naval history, maritime security, strategic studies and international relations.

Maritime Piracy and the Construction of Global Governance

Author : Michael J. Struett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136278907
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Maritime Piracy and the Construction of Global Governance written by Michael J. Struett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Piratical attacks have become more frequent, violent, costly and increasingly threaten to undermine order in the international system. Much attention has focused on Somalia, but piracy is a problem worldwide. Recent coordination efforts among states in South East Asia appear to have helped in the area, but elsewhere piracy has expanded. Interestingly, international law has long recognized piracy as a crime and provided tools for universal suppression, yet piracy persists. In this book, a handpicked group of leading experts in the field of International Relations use maritime piracy as a means to expose the incongruities in our understanding of global governance. Using broadly constructivist approaches to understand international actors’ responses to the challenges created by maritime piracy, the contributors question a number of myths and misconceptions around piracy and analyze the various ways that international law and organizations channel actors’ understandings of maritime piracy and their efforts to respond to it. In doing so, they expose some shaky foundations for IR theorists: how do we conceive of governance and legitimacy when they are delinked from the territorial aspect of the modern nation-state? What happens to prospects for cooperation when we get to the nitty-gritty questions of practice related to paying for trials, imprisoning and maintaining captured pirates, bearing the burden of policing sea-lanes, or even determining what constitutes a pirate? Does anyone have a monopoly on the legitimate use of force at sea, and how is that legitimacy constructed? Maritime Piracy and the Construction of Global Governance offers an improved theoretical understanding of the response of the international community to maritime piracy and broadens our understanding of the complex and sometimes countervailing motivations of all the actors involved, from international organizations and states down to the pirates themselves.

Oceans of Crime

Author : Carolin Liss
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN 13 : 9814279463
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Oceans of Crime written by Carolin Liss and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2011 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Murdoch University.

China's Role in Counter-Piracy Operations

Author : U. S. Military
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781976832970
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (329 download)

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Download or read book China's Role in Counter-Piracy Operations written by U. S. Military and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-07 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Piracy threatens commercial shipping passing through major choke points and sea lines of communication in regions such as the Gulf of Aden (GOA) and Southeast Asia. Piracy has become a larger security issue in the international community as the number of attacks has increased and ransoms have escalated. Countries such as China have become more involved in counter-piracy operations; however, China has neither joined the Combined Maritime Forces task force in the GOA to combat piracy nor been completely transparent about its maritime strategy in either region. There are varying theories about what is motivating China's behavior. Why is China involved in counter-piracy operations?: This thesis will attempt to answer the question, by comparing and contrasting China's behavior in these two regions. Three possible explanations will be analyzed in an attempt to answer the research question. Is China trying to meet the challenges of its rivals and establish a geopolitical position, safeguard its economic interests, or cooperate within the international community as a good global citizen? The research reveals that there is some truth to all three explanations that help to explain China's involvement with counter-piracy operations. Therefore, counter-piracy is a concern but more so a stepping-stone for a much larger maritime strategy. CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION * A. DEFINING MARITIME PIRACY * B. A MAJOR RESEARCH QUESTION * C. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH QUESTION * D. RESEARCH DESIGN * E. LITERATURE REVIEW * 1. Meeting the Challenges of Its Rivals and Establishing a Geopolitical Position * 2. Safeguarding Economic Interests * 3. Cooperation, Security, Peace, and to Be a Good Global Citizen * F. POTENTIAL EXPLANATIONS AND HYPOTHESES * G. THESIS OVERVIEW * CHAPTER II - CHINA AND COUNTER-PIRACY OPERATIONS IN THE GULF OF ADEN * A. INTRODUCTION * B. BACKGROUND ON PIRACY IN THE GOA * C. MEET THE CHALLENGES OF ITS RIVALS AND ESTABLISH A GEOPOLITICAL POSITION * 1. Developing a More Aggressive Approach and Modernizing Its Navy * 2. Focusing on Objectives Other than Counter-Piracy * 3. Participating Passively in Counter-Piracy Operations * D. SAFEGUARDING ECONOMIC INTERESTS * 1. Expanding Its Economic Trade by Investing Further West * 2. Establishing Diplomatic and Economic Partners in Africa * 3. Escorting All Ships to Build Economic Partnerships * E. COOPERATION, PEACE, SECURITY, AND TO BE VIEWED AS A GOOD GLOBAL CITIZEN * 1. Cooperating with Other Navies * 2. Participating with Organizations That Fight Piracy * 3. Increasing Its Role in Global Society * F. CONCLUSION * CHAPTER III - CHINA AND COUNTER-PIRACY OPERATIONS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA * A. INTRODUCTION * B. BACKGROUND ON PIRACY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA * C. MEET THE CHALLENGES OF ITS RIVALS AND ESTABLISH A GEOPOLITICAL POSITION * D. SAFEGUARDING ECONOMIC INTERESTS * 1. Expanding Its Economic Trade * 2. Establishing Diplomatic and Economic Partners in Southeast Asia * 3. Escorting All Ships To Build Economic Partnerships * E. COOPERATION, SECURITY, PEACE, AND TO BE VIEWED AS A GOOD GLOBAL CITIZEN * 1. Cooperating with Other Navies * 2. Participating with Organizations That Fight Piracy * 3. Increasing Its Role in Global Society * F. CONCLUSION * CHAPTER IV - CONCLUSION * A. INTRODUCTION * B. MAIN FINDINGS * 1. Meeting the Challenges of Its Rivals and Establishing a Geopolitical Position * 2. Safeguarding Economic Interests * 3. Cooperation, Security, Peace, and to Be Viewed as a Good Global Citizen * 4. Conclusion * C. CHALLENGES WITH RESEARCH * D. OPTIONS FOR FOLLOW ON RESEARCH * APPENDIX

Global Maritime Safety & Security Issues and East Asia

Author : Suk Kyoon Kim
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004389903
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Global Maritime Safety & Security Issues and East Asia written by Suk Kyoon Kim and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Global Maritime Safety & Security Issues and East Asia, Suk Kyoon Kim offers a multi-disciplinary perspective on various issues of maritime safety and security, focusing on East Asia. Ranging from the definitions of maritime safety and security, this book provides insights on a wide range of maritime safety and security regimes and issues.

Managing the Global Response to Maritime Piracy

Author : Atlantic Council of the United States
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781619770249
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Managing the Global Response to Maritime Piracy written by Atlantic Council of the United States and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-20 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International counter-piracy efforts have so far been focused on containing rather than solving the problem of piracy off the coast of East Africa. An effective strategy for resolving the threat of piracy in the long-term will require the international community to engage in extensive development efforts on land; to work with African partner nations to increase the capacity and capabilities of national and regional governments; and to provide viable economic alternatives to would-be pirates. Many of these strategies are already underway in West Africa, where the United States government in particular has undertaken a broadly holistic approach to maritime security. The security and political situation in Somalia has so been far less conducive to a land-based approach: but it is certainly within the US interest to explore development- and governance-based counter-piracy initiatives as circumstances allow. Unless the international community becomes willing to invest in a land-based solution to Somalia's dire political, economic, and humanitarian distress, the plague of Somali piracy will continue.

Somali Piracy and Anti-shipping Activity Messages

Author : Gerald J. Clifford (Jr.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (948 download)

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Download or read book Somali Piracy and Anti-shipping Activity Messages written by Gerald J. Clifford (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this non-experimental, mixed methods case study is to analyze the reasons for the decline in piracy incidents off the coast of Somalia in order to present an effective counterpiracy template for other piracy prone parts of the world, such as Western Africa and Southeast Asia. The first phase of the study includes a quantitative examination of piracy incident reporting from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) Anti-Shipping Activity Messages (ASAM) database. The quantitative strand documents the trend in piracy incidents off the Horn of Africa over a ten-year period between 2003 and 2013. The second phase of the study analyzes qualitative data collected from piracy subject matter experts (SMEs) to determine the most effective counterpiracy actions taken. The qualitative strand identifies and scrutinizes all the major counterpiracy actions. A comparison and contrast against the quantitative data trend reveals which efforts worked best. The insights provided by SMEs, through face-to-face interviews or an online questionnaire provide an increased understanding of the factors contributing to the decline of Somali piracy. The study implies the use of armed security teams (ASTs) on board merchant vessel was the number one factor leading to the decline in Somali piracy. This finding provided the guiding principle for the development of a strategic counterpiracy framework that engages the issue at the political level, the maritime domain security level, and the shipboard security level.