Showing posts with label Pirates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pirates. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 11, 2021

The Answer to DarkSide is Well Known

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Non-state or quasi-non-state actors preying on commerce for profit. They steal, hold hostages, and some times engage in extortion where if y...
Saturday, September 07, 2019

Sea Shepherd, Public/Private Partnership and Protecting our Seas with Paul Watson - on Midrats

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Even developed nations have difficulty effectively managing marine resources, enforce pollution controls, and maintain the rule of law in t...
Wednesday, June 26, 2019

The Pirates of the ... Gulf of Guinea

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P robably not the most popular attraction as Disney World ... but a good topic for discussion over at USNIBlog this Wednesday. Come by an...
Tuesday, April 16, 2019

A World Awash in Pirates

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The only thing better than a good chart, is an interactive chart. Here's a screenshot from The Visual Capitalist with the last 40-yea...
Thursday, February 07, 2019

There will always be smugglers - there will always be war

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There is a lot here to consider - and also a lot to be careful of; For a long time, being out at sea meant being out of sight and out o...
Monday, January 28, 2019

The Pirates of the Caribbean: the 200 Horses Indicator

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Remember this guest post from Claude Berube last May ? In this highly-trafficked area, tourist destinations such as Aruba, Trinidad ...
Tuesday, January 15, 2019

In Asia, Piracy Takes a Pause

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Nice infographic from ReCAAP ISC . Speaks for itself. Hat tip EagleOne .
Monday, September 24, 2018

The Niger Delta Pirates Strike Again

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Where there is lawlessness and the cost/benefit ratio is good, there will be pirates. This time, the Niger Delta in the Gulf of Guinea ;...
Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Dog Soup and Dragons: Is Venezuela the next place for Maritime Piracy

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Guest post by Claude Berube All roads lead to Rome, but most commerce is conducted via sea lanes. As a recent report shows, those se...
Monday, April 10, 2017

Did we Declare Victory Against Somali Pirates too Early?

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Let's go back to the summer of 2014 and the article by  Christian Bueger in The Georgetown Journal of International Affairs ; The pi...
Saturday, September 12, 2015

The Outlaw Ocean with Ian Urbina, on Midrats

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Stowaways, poaching, piracy, smuggling, and murder - the global commons of the open ocean is as wild of a place as it is vast. Using as a...
Thursday, August 13, 2015

Who's Down for OPV?

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Always good to have another post about Colombia. Not my usual Colombian post , but more nautical. There is a niche between our PC and ou...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

In praise of crushing disorder

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This is supposed to be a bad thing? His portrayal of the enormous United States military operation to free Phillips from his captors has t...
Monday, September 30, 2013

Pirate Waters in a Picture

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Via ControlRisks ;
Saturday, May 11, 2013

I really hope there is no "love interest"

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But .... Tom Hanks as Captain Phillips? OK.
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Saturday, April 06, 2013

Piracy and the Stolen Sea, on Midrats

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We have heard from industry, military leaders, Marines, and private security providers, this Sunday we are going to look at piracy at a mo...
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Sunday, February 03, 2013

Defense Against Piracy; Again on Midrats

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Today from 5-6pm EST , step back with us a couple years to a persistant problem; piracy.   Not much has changes since we first played thi...
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Saturday, November 10, 2012

Marines and the Long War ... on Midrats

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This Sunday from 5-6pm EST , let's revisit a show from JAN 2011.  Much of the conversation about the USMC over the last decade has...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Meanwhile Back in Piratia

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Time to revisit our friends the Dutch. Our friends over at NATO have a very interesting quasi-blog going on - Voices of NATO - that comes ...
Saturday, August 25, 2012

Nice ....

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Sigh. The Dutch ... and this frigate has three bars on-board; and yes, you can do an exchange tour. HNLMS Evertsen (F805) a Dutch De Zeven P...
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