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  • February 20, 2021
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What Future for the Contact Group on Somali Piracy? Options for Reform

 Christian Bueger, Cardiff University 2016 marks the beginning of the transition of the counter-piracy response in the Horn of Africa. Many states have already significantly reduced their involvement in counter-piracy. Recently, the High Risk Area has been revised, which documents … Read more →

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  • June 27, 2017
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Why be a pirate? Understanding motivations for piracy

Zamzam Tatu, M&C Saatchi World Services, Kenya Following primary research recently conducted at Montagne Posse Prison, Seychelles, little has changed behind the drivers to commit maritime crime. To prevent piracy, a more nuanced approach to understanding the behaviour might be … Read more →

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  • June 15, 2017
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The contact group at 20: Challenges for the upcoming plenary

Christian Bueger, Cardiff University In July 2017 the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS), the main global governance body steering the international campaign to address Somali piracy, will hold its 20th plenary meeting in Mauritius. What … Read more →

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  • December 21, 2016
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NATO’s fight against Somali pirates: the end of an unsung success story

Christian Bueger, Cardiff University Last week operation ‘Ocean Shield’ terminated ending NATO’s six year mission to protect the sea lanes of Western Indian Ocean. Will the world miss the operation? Most likely not. Ocean Shields was one of the so-called … Read more →

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  • March 2, 2016
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What Future for the Contact Group on Somali Piracy? Options for Reform

Christian Bueger, Cardiff University 2016 marks the beginning of the transition of the counter-piracy response in the Horn of Africa. Many states have already significantly reduced their involvement in counter-piracy. Recent revisions of the counter-piracy architecture raise the question of … Read more →

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  • August 11, 2015
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Preventing Piracy off Somalia: Insights from Routine Activity Theory

Michael Townsley, Griffith University In the first decade of the 21st century, the Horn of Africa became the global piracy hot spot, with headlines detailing multi-million dollar ransoms, rescue operations and violence. The international response to Somali-based piracy was organised … Read more →

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