Stable Seas: Western Indian Ocean
Stable Seas: Western Indian Ocean provides a holistic overview of maritime security covering nine issue areas with a focus on those...
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Jun 21, 20211 min read
State of Maritime Piracy: 2020
In 2020, the outbreak of COVID-19 had a profound impact on the shipping industry. Thousands of seafarers, unable to disembark for crew...
Apr 19, 20211 min read
What We Know about Maritime Illicit Trades
What We Know About Maritime Illicit Trades is the second in a series of reports produced in the Transnational Organized Crime at Sea: New...
Mar 5, 20211 min read
Challenges and Solutions for Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean
This policy brief examines maritime security and governance in the Indian Ocean region across nine issue areas including the blue...
Dec 18, 20201 min read
The Maritime Dimensions of Mozambique's New Insurgency
Islamic State-affiliate Ansar al-Sunna (ASWJ) is fueling insecurity in northern Mozambique with regional implications. Throughout 2020,...
Oct 13, 20204 min read
A Hop, Skip, and a Jump: Ansar Al-Sunna's Island-Hopping
Post by Kelly Moss Since April 2020, Ansar al-Sunna (ASWJ) has increasingly targeted islands off the coast of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique’s...
Aug 11, 20201 min read
Violence at Sea: How Terrorists, Insurgents, and Other Extremists Exploit the Maritime Domain
Terrorist groups around the globe have seen the challenges of securing the maritime domain as an opportunity to advance their political...
Jul 10, 20201 min read
State of Maritime Piracy: 2019
Over the last ten years the focus of the annual State of Maritime Piracy report has expanded from piracy off the coast of Somalia to...
Jun 26, 20201 min read
Measuring Maritime Security in the Western Indian Ocean Region
The Stable Seas Maritime Security Index maps and measures threats to maritime security in the coastal states of Africa and Asia, as well...
May 1, 20201 min read
What We Know about Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea
What We Know about Piracy kicks off a new three-part series of reports published with the SafeSeas Network as part of the Transnational...
Jan 15, 20203 min read
Arms Trafficking Through Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Post by Sarah Gutberlet Trade in illicit arms in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, has been reported since the mid-1990s and continues today as...
Jun 17, 20191 min read
State of Maritime Piracy: 2018
The ninth annual edition of the State of Maritime Piracy report finds that the Gulf of Guinea was the area most affected by piracy and...
May 23, 20193 min read
New Report: Terrorist Activities in the Maritime Domain
The failure to acknowledge or recognize the importance of the maritime domain to both society and the economy, or sea blindness,...
Oct 11, 20181 min read
Africa's Blue Economy
OVERVIEW This fact sheet explores the current state of the Blue Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as the significant challenges to...
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