1st Edition

Maritime Terrorism and Piracy in the Indian Ocean Region

136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

128 Pages
by Routledge

Unregulated or lesser regulated maritime spaces are ideal theatres of operation and mediums of transportation for terrorists, insurgents and pirates. For more than a decade, the Indian Ocean waters adjoining Somalia have been a particular locus of such activities, with pirates hijacking vessels, and Al Qaeda and Al Shabab elements travelling between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, operating... Read more

1. Introduction: Maritime Terrorism and Piracy in the Indian Ocean Region

Andrew C. Winner, Patricia Schneider and Awet T. Weldemichael

2. Maritime corporate terrorism and its consequences in the western Indian Ocean: illegal fishing, waste dumping and piracy in 21st Century Somalia

Awet T. Weldemichael

3. Spanish maritime security governance in the Indian Ocean Region

Annina Cristina Bürgin

4. German maritime security governance: a perspective on the Indian Ocean Region

Patricia Schneider

5. Yemeni security-political dynamics and maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region

Stig Jarle Hansen

6. The abundant sea: prospects for maritime non-state violence in the Indian Ocean

Martin N. Murphy

7. Maritime security and port state control in the Indian Ocean Region

Sam Bateman

8. International law and counter-piracy in the Indian Ocean

Douglas Guilfoyle

Biography

Awet T. Weldemichael is Queen’s National Scholar in African History at Queen’s University, Canada. He is currently researching contemporary Somalia and its adjoining waters.

Patricia Schneider is a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy and teaches in the Peace and Security Studies program at the University of Hamburg, Germany. She is an expert on maritime security and terrorism and co-edits the quarterly journal Sicherheit und Frieden - Security and Peace.