pirate-fighting strategies
Posted by jfb on November 24th, 2008 | 0 comments
- Observing the Strategic Success of US Policy Towards Somali Piracy
- Hijackings at sea: How S-E Asia overcame scourge
How did South-east Asia turn this dire situation around? The key was the arrest and punishment of pirates and organisers by Indonesia and Malaysia, and the settlement of the separatist conflict in Aceh. Maritime-related aid to Indonesia, especially from the United States, Japan and China, also helped. Singapore provided real-time surveillance information to Indonesia on shipping traffic. And both countries combined with Malaysia to intensify sea and air patrolling of the straits.
- Shipping Companies: Blockade Somalia, or Attack It
- Best way to tackle pirates ‘may be on land’
- Security Council to consider strikes on pirate shore bases?
