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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 →

  • Posted in: Maritime Security, Recent Developments, Somalia
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  • July 16, 2017
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Africa’s Lomé Charter on maritime security: What are the next steps?

Edwin Egede, Cardiff University The African Charter on Maritime Security, Safety and Development in Africa (the Lomé Charter) is the outcome of the African Union Extraordinary Summit held in Lomé, Togo in October 2016. The idea of the Lomé special … Read more →

  • Posted in: Africa, Blue Economy, Maritime Security, Recent Developments
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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 →

  • Posted in: Indian Ocean, Recent Developments, Somalia
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  • March 24, 2017
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Somali sea hijack is a warning signal: the pirates are down but not out

Christian Bueger & Robert McCabe, Cardiff University The hijacking of an oil tanker on its way to Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, has sparked international attention. For almost five years nothing was heard from the Somali pirates. International naval patrols as well … Read more →

  • Posted in: Africa, Indian Ocean, Recent Developments
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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 →

  • Posted in: NATO, Recent Developments, Research Summary, Somalia
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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 →

  • Posted in: Maritime Security, Recent Developments, Somalia, United Nations
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