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Feeding a simple narrative of piracy without a broader look at other maritime security challenges hinders progress in dealing with it.
Despite its importance, Cameroon's maritime fisheries sector is plagued with largely hidden, or ignored, fisheries crimes.
After Brexit, the UK will need to decide whether it supports EU diplomacy or US militarism.
The number of piracy attacks has certainly declined. But the risk of being attacked at sea remains.
If African countries and their regional bodies want to reap substantially from the blue economy, then it's time for the continent to invest heavily in securing its maritime resources.
Smuggling, piracy and sanctions-busting are all part of life on the ocean wave.
South Africa is only one piece in a larger puzzle of the heroin trade along the continents east coast.
China's conventional military assets are intimidating enough, but its latest technological advances could transform the military balance in its neighbourhood.
Indonesia and South Africa are making strides against transnational organised fisheries crime.
Managing maritime security is a challenging endeavour. Forms of maritime crime include piracy, drug and arms smuggling.
NATO has announced a new mission to monitor people-smugglers in the Aegean – but something smells fishy.
Libya's endless security crisis and duelling "governments" are turning the Mediterranean into a sea of troubles.
The proposed response to the Mediterranean migrant crisis could well do more harm than good.
The seas are vast. And they claim vessels in significant numbers. The yachts Cheeki Rafiki, Niña, Munetra, Tenacious are just some of the more high-profile names on a list of lost or capsized vessels which…
Victoria’s election debate about infrastructure is shaping up around large projects such as the East West Link and Airport Rail Link. But another infrastructure project could also be on the radar: the…
When we sip our morning coffee or snack on a piece of chocolate, we hardly think about how these products came to us. The answer is: they were transported by sea. In fact, pretty much all the goods we…
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Assistant Professor in Maritime Security, Coventry University
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Professor of International Relations, Cardiff University
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Peter van Duyn is a Friend of The Conversation.
Maritime Logistics Expert, Centre for Supply Chain and Logistics (CSCL), Deakin University
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Professorial Fellow, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong
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Director, Institute for Supply Chain and Logistics, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer in Astronomy, University of Leicester
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Research Fellow, Coventry University
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Research Fellow in Maritime Security, Coventry University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Nelson Mandela University
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies
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Assistant Professor, Coventry University
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PhD (Maritime Security), University of Greenwich
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PhD candidate, Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town
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Senior Researcher, NRF-SARChI Chair in African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of International Security at University of Bristol and Director of the Centre for Global Insecurity, University of Bristol
