Piracy

  • Fish, Family, and Profit; Piracy and the Horn of Africa

    Featured_Dec_4a.Piracy.UN_photoFish, Family, and Profit; Piracy and the Horn of Africa. By Gary E.Weir. Naval War College Review, 2009. An up-to-date primer on piracy in the Horn of Africa. A readable recent history of the evolution of the piracy industry, as well as an interesting section on how to make “human network” cooperation among regional and state actors work. [PDF]

  • Navies versus Coast Guards: Defining the Roles of African Maritime Security Forces

    Featured.Piracy_Dec_4a.UN_Photo Piracy, illegal fishing, and narcotics and human trafficking are growing rapidly in Africa and represent an increasingly central component of the threat matrix facing the continent. However, African states’ maritime security structures are often misaligned with the challenges posed and need coast guard capabilities and an array of intra-governmental partnerships. [PDF] English [PDF] Portuguese

  • Piracy off the Horn of Africa

    Piracy off the Horn of Africa. By Lauren Ploch. Congressional Research Service, 2009. An in-depth analysis of the increase in pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia that began in 2008. Written for congressional lawmakers, the paper looks at U.S. and international (chiefly NATO and European Union) policy responses as of April 2009. [PDF]

  • Pirates and How to Deal With Them

    Pirates and How to Deal With Them. By Roger Middleton. Chatham House, 2009. This paper reports on the proceedings of a roundtable of experts brought together in February 2009 to clarify some of the legal concerns around combating piracy off the Somali coast, focusing on the international legal framework on piracy and legal issues surrounding the arrest and prosecution of pirates. [PDF]