November 2012 According to a senior United States official, Somali pirates have recently expanded their sphere of operation to include the west coast of India. Piracy remains an issue at the forefront of the diplomatic relations between world powers and nations in the Indian Ocean region. There is now a seemingly permanent detachment of naval vessels […]
Pirates and Privateers
September 2012 Although the international community is seeing the first reduction in piracy in the Indian Ocean since a global response in 2008, maritime authorities are warning merchants that the international naval operations won’t be able to go on forever. Indeed, their conclusion may be sooner rather than later. As defense budgets get cut world-wide, […]
House of Lords Report Credits EUNAVFOR and Private Security
The European Union Naval Force (EUNAVFOR) has been conducting Operation Atalanta since 2008. The operation is an effort to combat and prevent piracy in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden. Finally, it seems that 2012 is seeing the first significant dip in number of pirate attacks in this area. The United Kingdom’s House of Lords just […]
Future Piracy Scenarios
September 2012 A recent report release by the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Agency, in conjunction with AT Kearney, attempts to forecast the future of global piracy. Worldwide shipping faces an elevated threat from piracy, which has been plaguing the water off of east Africa for the past several years. As a huge percentage of global […]