Suchergebnisse

Historical piracy and its impact -- Early attempts to fight piracy -- Piracy during the Taiping Rebellion and the Arrow War -- State-sponsored piracy in the Taiwan Straits -- The pirating of Vietnamese boat people -- Confronting maritime crime in Australian waters -- Twenty-first century high seas piracy off of Somalia -- Maritime crime and piracy in Southeast Asia and the South China Sea -- Piracy and maritime terrorism -- Successes and failures of counter-piracy operations -- Conclusions: international piracy in the era of global maritime domain awareness

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Expert contributors confront both the maritime security challenges and responses, identifying the nature of the maritime security problem and critically evaluating the various responses with an eye to improving the management of prevailing and emerging security threats.

A history of the fabled islands of Southeast Asia from 300 BC, by which time their inhabitants had learned to sail the monsoon winds, to AD 1528, when Islam became dominant in the region.

Discusses trends observed in terms of incidents, types of attack, location, and other factors, and analyzes the main countermeasures taken, 1989-97; some focus on need to strengthen regional and international action against piracy. Piracy is defined by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) as any act of boarding any vessel with the intent to commit theft or other crime, and with the capability to use force in furtherance of the act.