Document Type
Book Chapter
Abstract
Recent years have witnessed an unprecedented surge in piratical attacks off the Horn of Africa. While attacks against shipping in the northwestern Indian Ocean are by no means a new phenomenon, the scale and scope of recent attacks, predominantly attributed to Somali “pirates,” has made these waters comfortably the most dangerous in the world and has imperiled key sea-lanes vital to global maritime commerce. Although these developments have spurred the international community to respond through a range of measures, including most saliently the deployment of warships to the region from a diverse array of navies in order to conduct counterpiracy patrols, piratical attacks have persisted and now pose a major threat to shipping across a broad swath of the Indian Ocean.
RIS ID
78055
Publication Details
C. H. Schofield & R. M. Warner, ''Horn of troubles: understanding and addressing the Somali 'piracy' phenomenon'' in J. Garofano & A. J. Dew(ed), Deep Currents and Rising Tides: The Indian Ocean and International Security (2013) 49-80.