Geographies of state failure and sophistication in maritime piracy hijackings

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)



Description :
Analysis of hijacking incidents suggests that state failure is associated with less sophisticated attacks, while state weakness encourages more sophisticated attacks. Through case studies of the process by which pirates carry out their attacks in East Africa and Southeast Asia, the A. argues that it is the differences in political and economic landscapes that influence how pirates embed their operations across territory, and thus how they carry out their operations.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Political geography, issn : 0962-6298, 2009, vol. 28, n°. 4, p. 213-223, nombre de pages : 11, Références bibliographiques : 74 ref.

Date :
2009

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Oxford, Butterworth-Heinemann