Think Tanks, Research Centers and Consultancy
- Africa Centre for Strategic Studies (US Defence Department Think Tank)
- Agent C
- Asia-Pacific Centre for Security Studies
- Atlantic Council Maritime Security
- Atlantic Future Project
- Australian Strategic Policy Institute
- Centre for International Maritime Security
- Chatham House: African Maritime Security Project
- Corbett Centre for Maritime Security Policy Studies
- Coventry University Maritime Security Research
- Dalhousie University Marine Affairs Programme
- Greenwich University
- Lowy Institute for International Policy – Maritime Security in Indio-Pacific Asia
- Maritime Piracy Event and Location Data Project (MPELD)
- National Centre for Maritime Policy Research (NCMPR)
- National University of Singapore: Centre for Maritime Studies
- Oceans Beyond Piracy
- PILPG Piracy Working Group
- Rising Power Initiative on Maritime Security
- Seafarers International Research Centre
- U.S. Naval War College
Analysis, Blogs and Resources
- Asia Maritime Transparencey Initative (Center for Strategic and Interantioal Studies)
- Communis Hostis Omnium (blog on the legal and practical problems associated with counter-piracy)
- Council on Foreign Relations: Global Governance Monitor: the Oceans (overview of issues affecting the maritime domain and global initatives to tackle them)
- Eagle Speak (blog on maritime security)
- House of Ocean Blog (illegal fishing)
- Indo-Pacific Review (geo-strategic analysis)
- Information Dissemination (blog on maritime strategy and strategic communication)
- John Guy (maritime expert, journalist and novel writer)
- Maritime Security Review
- Maritime Security News (the latest maritime crime and piracy news)
- Modern Day Pirate Tales
- Next Navy (on future of maritime security)
- Risky Business at Sea (blog on ship security and risk analysis)
- The Strategist (blog of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute)
- Maritime Security (U.S. Naval Institute blog)
Piracy and Maritime Security Reporting
- IMB Piracy Reporting Centre
- IMO’s Piracy Reports
- NATO’s Piracy Updates (Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean)
- US Office of Naval Intelligence
Naval Operations
International Organizations and Governance Mechanisms
- Contact Group on Piracy of the Coast of Somalia – Lessons Learned Project
- Maritime Security Centre Horn of Africa
- International Maritime Organization
- Nato’s Point of Contact with the Shipping Industry
- Oceans and the Law of the Sea in the General Assembly of the United Nations
- UN Documents on Piracy
Maritime Capacity Building
- AFRICOM: Africa Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership (AMLEP)
- US Naval Forces Africa: Africa Partnership Station (see also AFRICOM Webpage here)
- EU Critical Maritime Routes programme (CMR, see also the EU External Action Service Webpage here)
- EU Regional Maritime Capacity Building Mission in the Horn of Africa and the Western Indian Ocean (EUCAP Nestor)
Development
- Norwegian Church Aid Counter Piracy Project
- House of Ocean
- Partnership for African Fisheries
- Somali Anti-Piracy Information Centre
- Somali Fair Fishing
- The World Bank on Illicit Flows and Somali Piracy
- The World Bank on Statebuilding and Somali Piracy
- UNODC East Africa: Piracy
- UNODC West Africa: Drugs and Human Trafficking
Regional Organizations and Mechanisms
- The AU’s 2050 Africa’s Integrated Maritime Strategy
- Abuja Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control
- Djibouti Code of Conduct (Gulf of Aden)
- Fish-i Africa (regional coordination mechanism against illegal fishing in the Western Indian Ocean)
- Indian Ocean Commission
- Indian Ocean Rim Association
- Maritime Organization for West and Central Africa
- PMAWCA: Port Management Association of West & Central Africa
- Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP)
- Regional Fusion & Law Enforcement Centre for Safety & Security at Sea (REFLEC3)
- Summit of Heads of State and Government on Maritime Safety and Security in the Gulf of Guinea in Yaoundé, June 2013
Security Industry
- Hanson Wade’s Combating Piracy Conference 2014: West African Maritime Security
- International Maritime Security
- International Association of Maritime Security Professionals
- Maritime & Underwater Security Consultants
- Oceanus Live
- Port 2 Port
- Ocean Protection Services
- Security Association for the Maritime Industry
Industry Associations
Seafarers
- Human Rights at Sea (an independent maritime human rights resource)
- Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme
- Seafarers Rights
- Safe Our Seafarers
Shipping Magazines
Films
- A Hijacking (2013, Denmark)
- Captain Philips (2013, Hollywood)
- Fishing without nets (2012, Short film)
- Stolen Seas (2012, Documentary, US)
- The Captain and his Pirate (2013, Documentary, Germany)
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