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How Piracy is Affecting Economic Development in Puntland, Somalia

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dc.creator Jonathan R. Beloff
dc.date 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1944-0472.6.1.4
dc.identifier 1944-0464
dc.identifier 1944-0472
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/8acde1bb57d14d14828eee2555b73b96
dc.description The international community has united in its mission to halt the hijacking of merchant ships in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea with a massive naval presence that monitors the vast, strategic seas in which Somali pirates operate. This naval presence consequently has had some success in reducing pirate attacks in 2012, but why are the Somalis turning to piracy in the first place? The economic history of piracy has been well documented with other former “pirate hotspots” worldwide; however, there is little data available on the microeconomic affects of piracy. This article explores the underlying reasons of why Somalis have turned to piracy as a “profession,” and offers recommendations for the international community to eliminate piracy effectively through non-military means.
dc.language English
dc.publisher Henley-Putnam University
dc.relation http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1222&context=jss
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1944-0464
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1944-0472
dc.source Journal of Strategic Security, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 47-54 (2013)
dc.subject Africa
dc.subject Civil war and internal conflict
dc.subject Counterterrorism
dc.subject Development and security
dc.subject Economics
dc.subject Regional conflict
dc.subject Military Science
dc.subject U
dc.subject DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.title How Piracy is Affecting Economic Development in Puntland, Somalia
dc.type article


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