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- Title
Maritime Terrorism and Piracy: Existing and Potential Threats.
- Authors
Nelson, Eric Shea
- Abstract
The vast and largely ungoverned maritime domain is an area that terrorists and pirates actively seek to exploit in pursuit of achieving their land-based goals and objectives. There is also growing concern within the international community that these actors are colluding with one another to achieve their separate aims. In order to formulate and implement effective countermeasures, policymakers must be able to distinguish maritime terrorism from piracy. Additionally, policymakers must determine whether or not a nexus is forming between these two distinct groups. However, the overlapping characteristics and marked similarities between pirates and terrorists operating at sea make it difficult to tell them apart. Such ambiguity has significant implications and serves as an impediment to effectively countering these threats. The aim of this paper is to identify the factors that assist us in differentiating maritime terrorism from piracy and determine whether or not the perpetrators of these acts are partnering with each other.
- Subjects
MARITIME terrorism; COUNTERTERRORISM; INTERNATIONAL crimes; SUBVERSIVE activities; MARITIME piracy
- Publication
Global Security Studies, 2012, Vol 3, Issue 1, p15
- ISSN
1944-222X
- Publication type
Article