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The ‘icebreaker-gap’ – how US icebreakers are assigned new, symbolic roles as part of an escalating military competition in the Arctic

  • 5th January 2021
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By Lin A. Mortensgaard & Kristian Søby Kristensen, Centre for Military Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen Under construction: “The largest icebreaker in the world” In the high summer of 2020 U.S. President Donald J. Trump suddenly spoke … Continue reading

What the Nave Andromeda incident tells us about UK maritime security

  • 30th October 2020
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Scott Edwards & Tim Edmunds On October 25th at around 10am, just off the coast of the Isle of Wight, seven stowaways turned violent and threatened the crew of the Nave Andromeda, sparking concerns of a hijacking and intervention by … Continue reading

Project Kraken at 13: Has the UK’s Naval Neighbourhood Watch Failed?

  • 11th September 2020
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Summer 2020 was a miserable one on the Channel. On 19 August, it was confirmed that a migrant’s life was  lost, one week after the deployment of  a Royal Air Force ‘submarine hunter’, a Boeing P8-A Poseidon, to the Channel … Continue reading

Using crime script analysis to better understand piracy manifestations

  • 26th August 2020
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By Bryan C. Peters Despite the undeniable social relevance of piracy, criminologist have lagged behind other fields in its study. In 2009, Forsyth, Gisclair and Forsyth aptly noted that, “most criminologists are landlocked…as if crime on the water did not … Continue reading

Why are more small boats crossing the English Channel – and why are border forces struggling to stop them?

  • 16th August 2020
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By Tim Edmunds and Scott Edwards The number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats has increased significantly – up to 4,343 this year compared with 857 in the same period last year. The number of lurid headlines … Continue reading

Mauritius oil spill: Was the government unprepared?

  • 14th August 2020
  • by Christian Bueger
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Was Mauritius taking the risk of an oil spill serious? Was the country prepared. Evidence indicates that Mauritius was well equipped. But that was not enough. Continue reading

Beirut explosion: the disaster was exceptional but events leading up to it were not

  • 10th August 2020
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By Scott Edwards and Christian Bueger At the time of writing at least 100 people have lost their lives and a further 4,000 have been wounded following an explosion in the Port of Beirut. While the actual cause remains uncertain, … Continue reading

What We Know About Corruption in the Maritime Sector

  • 25th July 2020
  • by Morten Koch Andersen
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In the summer of 2019, I began to think about what we know about corruption in the maritime sector. My first impulse was to be found in popular culture. The second season of The Wire takes point of departure in … Continue reading

Brexit: how the UK is preparing to secure its seas outside the EU

  • 19th May 2020
  • by Scott Edwards
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Scott Edwards and Tim Edmunds recently wrote a short article for The Conversation, drawing upon insights from the SafeSeas Policy Brief ‘Delivering Maritime Security after Brexit: time for a joined-up approach‘. Four dinghies carrying 53 migrants who tried to cross … Continue reading

How to improve the delivery of capacity building? Insights from a coordination meeting

  • 17th March 2020
  • by Humphrey Asamoah
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How can capacity building training for maritime security be better coordinated in West and Central Africa? This was the core question of a recent meeting – ‘Strategic Dialogue Workshop On West and Central Africa Maritime Security Training Capacity’ – held … Continue reading

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In the article we review current discourses on the cable infrastructure, discuss why it is earthquakes and fishing vessels, rather than the Russian navy which are the greatest concerns, and discuss questions of governance and digital sovereignty

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How to protect hidden infrastructure? Read @TobiasLiebetrau and my new article on the submarine #datacable network, just out with @CSP_journal.

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Upcoming Event: What are the root causes of maritime piracy?

SafeSeas is pleased to announce event featuring @uedaxecker & @bcprins discussing their latest book 'Pirate Lands'. Joined by panelists @c_bueger, Anja Shortland, @stigjarlehansen @msjlarsen & chaired by @EdmundsProf

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