Peter Lehr

Violence at Sea (eBook, ePUB)

Piracy in the Age of Global Terrorism

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is an overview of maritime piracy, examining threats that piracy poses to global security and commerce, as well as measures and policies to mitigate the threat.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135926465
• Artikelnr.: 38262040

Autorenporträt

Peter Lehr is a Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), St Andrews University, Scotland. Previously, he was Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg for six years. During that time, for one term he was Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. His primary teaching and research interests include international relations and maritime security with a focus on the Arabian Sea/Bay of Bengal/South China Sea complex. He has published several articles on political Islam in South and Southeast Asia, and on Indian Ocean security issues.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Scott Campbell Introduction: The New "Pirate Wind Peter Lehr
Location of the Threats: Regional Perspectives 1. Piracy in the Indian
Ocean: The Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal Lt. Cdr.Vijay Sakhuja 2. Piracy in
Southeast Asian Waters: Current Trends Gerard Ong Nature of the Threats:
Tactics, Capabilities and Groups 3. Complex Piracy at Sea Rupert
Herbert-Burns 4. Organized Crime, Piracy and Terrorism in Asia Peter Lehr
5. The Abu Sayyaf Group: Pirates or Terrorists? Rommel C. Banlaoi 6. GAM's
Operation off the Coast of Sumatra Jeffrey Chen Responses: International
Law, Politics and Tactics 7. Piracy and the UN's Law of the Sea Convention
Martin Murphy 8. Multilateral Approaches to Combating Piracy at Sea Chris
Rahman 9. Policing at Sea: Tactical Aspects Doug MacKinnon 10. Confronting
Pirate Groups on Land Joon Num Mak 11. Tactical Approaches: Modern Security
Technology and Private Security Firms Martin Shakespeare Outlook: The New
Threat of Maritime Terrorism Sam Bateman