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Suppression Of Piracy And Maritime Terrorism, Martin N. Murphy Mar 2018

Suppression Of Piracy And Maritime Terrorism, Martin N. Murphy

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On 12 October 2000, two men from an organization aligned with al-Qa‘ida loaded a rigid raider (a small boat with glass-reinforced-plastic hull) withexplosives and drove it into the side of the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67). Seventeen sailors lost their lives. This was a seminal event. It epitomized small war versus “big” war and the threat that small-war tactics could present to “big war” fleets. It was also an echo of the U.S. Navy’s past. As the initial alarm faded, the Navy’s response became largely inward looking and defensive, limited for the most part to the implementation of more …


Fresh Thinking For An Old Problem—Report Of The Naval War College Workshop On Countering Maritime Piracy, James Kraska Jagc Mar 2018

Fresh Thinking For An Old Problem—Report Of The Naval War College Workshop On Countering Maritime Piracy, James Kraska Jagc

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Rampant piracy off the Horn of Africa has focused world attention and produced a variety of commentaries and prescriptions. An April 2009 Naval War College workshop of experts in the field pointed to the hard realities behind the platitudes.


The Political Economy Of Piracy In The South China Sea., David Rosenberg Mar 2018

The Political Economy Of Piracy In The South China Sea., David Rosenberg

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Piracy is an ancient, persistent, and elusive phenomenon in the South China Sea. In the past two decades it has increased substantially, leading to a re- newed interest in piracy and its possible nexus with maritime terrorism, espe- cially after the 11 September 2001 attacks on the United States. Although it has been widely reported and investigated, piracy remains difficult to understand and to control.