On Saturday, experts at a conference hosted by Nigeria’s Institute of International Studies asserted that the piracy problem in the Gulf of Guinea begins closer to the shore than in most other regions. The oil laden delta-region on the southern coast of Nigeria is home to much insurgent activity, including hijacking oil pipelines and tankers, and […]
UK Ships May Fire on Pirates
The United Kingdom has clarified rules on when armed guards aboard commercial vessels flying U.K. flags are allowed to fire at pirate vessels. The rule is focused on vessels in the Indian Ocean, which constantly must be on the lookout for Somali pirates. Previous versions of official guidance have been unclear, and this update […]
Arrested off Senegal
Authorities in Senegal have detained four British men who were sailing a decommissioned warship mounted with two cannons towards the Gulf of Guinea. The foursome were apparently in Senegal to discuss the possibility of providing their services to the government to scare off illegal fishing boats. But their final destination may have been Nigeria, according […]
Game Changer
The government of Nigeria has drafted new laws that further regulate the private maritime security industry, which will cause many private security contractors to cease operations in the country. Although there have been laws attempting to tighten regulation of this industry, they are not having the desired effect– the new laws are intended to close loopholes […]
US eyes anti-piracy effort
The recent spike in piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, off the west coast of Africa, has caused the United States to consider action to combat this kind of crime. Besides the danger to the shipping industry and human life, the U.S. is increasingly worried that gangs of pirates have direct or indirect ties to […]
Increased Threat to West Africa Shipping
While much recent international attention has been paid to hijackings and piracy off the eastern coast of Africa, the continent’s western coast is also infested with pirates. And while there has been some success thwarting criminals near Somali waters, there hasn’t been no such victory against their counterparts in Nigeria. The Gulf of Guinea has […]
Shangri-La dialogue
This year, at the foremost conference on Asia-Pacific security, the Shangri-La Dialogue, China’s rising power and aggression will be at the forefront of the talks. The conference, organized by the independent think tank the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), is one of the only forums in which foreign ministers of all countries with an […]
Internal challenges remain primary obstacle for Philippine military growth
The President of the Philippines has pledged to bring his military’s capabilities up to respectable levels; however, citizens of the country remain highly skeptical that military improvements can effectively be made given the country’s history of corruption associated with military spending. Amidst an active maritime border dispute with China, President Benigno Aquino III promised to increase the defense […]
Asia powers double defense spending
China’s recent explosion in defense spending has caused a regional response from other powers– Asia’s top players have doubled their defense spending in the past decade, creating a regional arms race that isn’t helping geopolitical tensions. Although there hasn’t been a significant increase in human capital, defense spending has skyrocketed nonetheless, according to a new […]
Sea Change
As the war in Iraq has concluded and the United States is officially drawing down its ground-presence in Afghanistan, the U.S. military is changing gears. Domestically, the focus is on diminishing the overall force size while increasing flexibility. While it is still necessary to keep a presence in the Middle East, the U.S. security apparatus is also increasingly focused […]
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