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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

Pragmatic spaces and the maritime security agenda

  • 24th July 2020
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The oceans are increasingly understood as a security space. Does the new maritime security agenda lead to new spatial configurations? This chapter introduces the concept of ‘pragmatic spaces’ to explore spatial configurations produced in responses to maritime security. Four exemplary … Continue reading

The contact group at 20: Challenges for the upcoming plenary

  • 15th June 2017
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In July 2017 the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS), the main global governance body steering the international campaign to address Somali piracy, will hold its 20th plenary meeting in Mauritius. What issues will the CGPCS … Continue reading

How do small states influence international counterpiracy policy?

  • 28th February 2017
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Ulrik Trolle Smed and Anders Wivel, University of Copenhagen The piracy problem in East Africa gained international attention in particular from 2005 and onwards. In this international setting, Denmark, a small state with strong maritime interests and tradition, experienced a … Continue reading

NATO’s fight against Somali pirates: the end of an unsung success story

  • 21st December 2016
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Last week operation ‘Ocean Shield’ terminated ending NATO’s six year mission to protect the sea lanes of Western Indian Ocean. Will the world miss the operation? Most likely not. Ocean Shields was one of the so-called “big three” missions fighting … Continue reading

Maritime Crime in Nigeria and Waters Beyond: A New Dataset, 2009 to 2013

  • 12th April 2016
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Lisa Otto, Coventry University In a recent article published in Africa Insight, Lisa Otto puts forward the findings from her analysis of a five-year dataset for maritime crime that she collected and collated for the period 2009 to 2013. Analysis of … Continue reading

What Future for the Contact Group on Somali Piracy? Options for Reform

  • 2nd March 2016
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2016 marks the beginning of the transition of the counter-piracy response in the Horn of Africa. Many states have already significantly reduced their involvement in counter-piracy. Recent revisions of the counter-piracy architecture raise the question of what the future holds … Continue reading

Preventing Piracy off Somalia: Insights from Routine Activity Theory

  • 11th August 2015
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Michael Townsley, Griffith University In the first decade of the 21st century, the Horn of Africa became the global piracy hot spot, with headlines detailing multi-million dollar ransoms, rescue operations and violence. The international response to Somali-based piracy was organised … Continue reading

Norm Subsidiarity in Maritime Security: Why East Asian States Cooperate in Counter-Piracy

  • 19th May 2015
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Terrence Lee and Kevin McGahan, National University of Singapore Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia are the three key littoral countries that border the Straits of Malacca, a major waterway and transit area in Southeast Asia which has traditionally witnessed a fair … Continue reading

Pirate Mania: Counter-Piracy and the Security-Development Nexus in Somalia

  • 17th February 2015
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Brittany Gilmer, Florida International University Following the 2009 hijacking of the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama and kidnapping of its captain, rethinking the existing framework for combating piracy off the coast of Somali was next to inevitable. The Maersk Alabama hijacking not … Continue reading

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18 Aug

New Commentary: @c_bueger investigates the new contact group in the #WesternIndianOcean that replaced the #CGPCS on #piracy. He argues that the new format, @cgima_wio will become a sleeping beauty, since no one takes leadership.
https://www.safeseas.net/4-scenarios-for-new-contact-group/

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17 Aug

We are recruiting: 2 year post doc in our new #ocean infrastructure research group, led by @DrKimPeters and I, based @PolsciCph.
Apply here: https://jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabelige-stillinger/?show=156662

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15 Aug

The UK has published a new National Strategy for Maritime Security (NSMS). The NSMS comes at a critical time for the UK maritime sector. Maritime security is key to delivering the UK’s ambitions

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-maritime-security-strategy-to-target-latest-physical-and-cyber-threats

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