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Marine Terrorism
The Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies in association with King’s College London has published an interesting paper titled ‘Piracy, Maritime Terrorism and Disorder at Sea: The View from the Ukraine‘. […]
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China Carrier Preps for Flight Ops?
The People’s Liberation Army Navy may have made a significant step forward in its fixed-wing aviation capability. Photographs appear to confirm that the Chinese Navy has installed arrestor gear and […]
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Maritime Security Authority
According to international analysts gathered in Phnom Penh, a territorial dispute amongst Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam is a “critical” issue with far-reaching implications. Sea change sought […]
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Seafarers Siezed
A group of Filipino seafarers are reported to have been seized as they were about to embark on their ship at a port in Yemen’s far-eastern province of Mahrah. DFA […]
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Improving Marine Security
Japan is considering giving patrol boats to the Philippines as part of its official development assistance (ODA) to help its Asian neighbor boost maritime security in the East China Sea […]
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Piracy Spreads South
The risk of Somali piracy moving south towards South Africa is an issue of concern for the country’s Navy. Regional cooperation is viewed as the key to combatting Somali piracy. […]
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A Captain’s Duty
Tom Hanks to play Captain Phillips in a pirate film which may be titled Maersk Alabama after the name of Captain Phillips’ ship. The film will be concerned largely with […]
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Piracy Podcast
The Global State of Piracy An IDGA posdcast hosted By Christopher Dauer. CAPT Robert B. Ford, Sr. Data Analyst, Maritime Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), talks to […]
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Cure Worse Than Curse
The recent incident in which Italian military killed two Indian fishermen off coast of Kerala questions the very rationale of deploying armed guards on merchant ships. Armed guards cure is worse […]
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Save Our Seas
The world’s oceans are in danger, and the enormity of the challenge is bigger than one country or organisation. We need co-ordinated global action to restore our oceans to health. […]
