Category Archives: Piracy

Blackwaters New Battlefield: Toward a Regulatory Regime in the United States for Privately Armed Contractors Operating at Sea

Blackwaters New Battlefield: Toward a Regulatory Regime in the United States for Privately Armed Contractors Operating at Sea. Source: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law . Jan2014, Vol. 47 Issue 1, p331-369.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Cost of Somali piracy slumps as attacks fall – report

Cost of Somali piracy slumps as attacks fall – report By Peter Apps LONDON Thu May 8, 2014 12:50am IST (Reuters) – The cost of Somali piracy to the global economy… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Privatizing the struggle against Somali piracy

Small Wars & Insurgencies Volume 24, Issue 1, 2013 Privatizing the struggle against Somali piracy Scott Fitzsimmonsa* pages 84-102 Abstract Pirate attacks against commercial vessels in the Western Indian Ocean and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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PMCS: The End or the Beginning?

April 22, 2014 PMCS: The End or the Beginning? By MarEx Claude Berube, a teacher of naval history at the United Stated Naval Academy, gives his opinions on private military contractors… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Part 2: Whither the PMSC of Asia?

April 21, 2014 Part 2: Whither the PMSC of Asia? By MarEx LT Scott Cheney-Peters, a surface warfare officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve and the former editor of Surface Warfare… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Private Anti-Piracy Navies: How Warships for Hire Are Changing Maritime Security

6 Dec 2013 Private Anti-Piracy Navies: How Warships for Hire Are Changing Maritime Security In this video, John-Clark Levin elaborates on his book “Private Anti-Piracy Navies: How Warships for Hire Are… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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THE PIPER OF PUZHAL

News THE PIPER OF PUZHAL Sunday Mail Lynn Mcpherson By Lynn McPherson 20 April 2014 (c) 2014 Scottish Daily Record & Sunday Mail Ltd BAILED PIRATE BUSTER REVEALS HOW HE SURVIVED… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Petition to drop charges against anti-piracy guards to be heard in India’s Madurai court

Petition to drop charges against anti-piracy guards to be heard in India’s Madurai court Baltic Daily – Political/Social News 21 April 2014 10:43 © 2014 Baltic News Service TALLINN, Apr 21,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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The Pirate Economy

The Pirate Economy By Joe Pinsker As recently as the early 2000s, piracy on Africa’s eastern coast was a small-time affair. Since then, the pirate economy has gone berserk. Somalia’s dilapidated… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Taiwan fishermen to use armed guards

Taiwan fishermen to use armed guards Kyodo News Posted at 03/19/2014 7:16 PM | Updated as of 03/19/2014 7:17 PM TAIPEI – Taiwan-registered fishing vessels operating in the pirated-infested waters of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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