Category Archives: Maritime

    Modern-Day Privateers Could Fight Mexico’s Drug Cartels

    Published on by David Isenberg

    Topic: Security Region: Americas Tags: Constitution, Drug Cartels, Letters of Marque, Private Military Contractors, and Privateers Modern-Day Privateers Could Fight Mexico’s Drug Cartels March 3, 2025 By: James Holmes What lawmakers are contemplating is a letter of marque that… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    PRIVATELY CONTRACTED ARMED SECURITY COMPANIES IN MERCHANT SHIPPING

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    PRIVATELY CONTRACTED ARMED SECURITY COMPANIES IN MERCHANT SHIPPING  Year 2024, , 147 – 176, 29.04.2024 Sıdıka Deniz Akbaş  https://doi.org/10.30915/abd.1395634 Abstract Armed private security companies have recently become a method used by… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    ‘True, Publick and Notorious’: The Privateering War of 1812

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    ‘True, Publick and Notorious’: The Privateering War of 1812 Abstract During the War of 1812, hundreds of private armed vessels, or privateers, carrying letters of marque and reprisal from their respective… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    American Rebels at Sea: An estimated fifteen hundred privateering ships played a crucial role in winning the American Revolution, but their contributions are often forgotten 

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    American Rebels at Sea: An estimated fifteen hundred privateering ships played a crucial role in winning the American Revolution, but their contributions are often forgotten. By: Dolin, Eric Jay, American Heritage, 00028738,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Cyprus: Experts commend regulations on private security companies in maritime sector, urge stronger efforts for land-based companies

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    Press releases Special Procedures Cyprus: Experts commend regulations on private security companies in maritime sector, urge stronger efforts for land-based companies 24 January 2025 Press releases Combating illicit financing of mercenaries… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Your Constitutional Right to Be a Pirate

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    A.J. Jacobs takes to the streets of New York City in the garb of an eighteenth-century American. (Courtesy of author) Your Constitutional Right to Be a Pirate Congress can grant any… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Dogwatch review – seagoing mercenaries take on pirates in homoerotic meditation

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    Dogwatch review – seagoing mercenaries take on pirates in homoerotic meditation Gregoris Rentis’s documentary tells the stories of three private guards waiting for an attack that never comes, but the socio-political… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Whose security is it? Elitism and the global approach to maritime security in Africa

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    Whose security is it? Elitism and the global approach to maritime security in Africa Ifesinachi Marybenedette Okafor-Yarwood & Freedom C. Onuoha Pages 946-966 | Received 22 Aug 2022, Accepted 09 Jan… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Inside The Private Security Forces Protecting Red Sea Shipping

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    Inside The Private Security Forces Protecting Red Sea Shipping How armed contractors operate aboard ships and the ways they’ve been adapted to the eruption in hostilities around the Bab el-Mandeb strait.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Development of a conceptual framework of private maritime security company of Malaysia

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    Development of a conceptual framework of private maritime security company of Malaysia Aimie Qamarina Anwar ,Ahmad Faizal Ahmad Fuad ,Mohd Sharifuddin Ahmad ,Mohd Hafizi Said & Amir Syawal Kamis Pages 12-24… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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