Somalia
Tackling Somali Piracy Ashore: Maritime Security and Geopolitics in the Indian Ocean
As high-profile incidents of piracy become more common off Somalia, strategists have taken to urging the US government to send expeditionary forces ashore.
Peacekeeping Partnerships: Cooperation or Conflict
This paper seeks to understand the nature of cooperation between the UN and other IGOs in ongoing conflicts. It will examine the security framework in which these multilateral arrangements were created, the gaps they were trying to cover, and the problems and areas of opportunities.
Humanitarian Diplomacy & Failed States: Case Study of the WFP Operations in Somalia
Most aid groups have pulled out of Somalia because of the continuing dangers. Yet, the World Food Program (WFP) continues to operate in the region, and has been doing so for the past two decades.
Global War on Terror and the Africa Link
Across the globe, a crucial but largely unseen and unheard of force in the Global War on Terrorism is emerging – young, hardened, militant, radicalized recruits from Africa – a force potent enough to compel governments to revise their handbooks on how best to contend with Islamic extremism.
The PLA on Diplomatic Front in 2009
The participation of the PLA Navy in escort missions in foreign waters is a radical departure from the historical point of view because this is the first time that the PLA Navy is carrying out such tasks not in national waters.
Piracy in Somalia: Need to Address the Root Cause
Chair: Arvind Gupta
Discussants: Subodh Malakar and Patrick Hoenig
Piracy, Maritime Terror and Policy Response
Chair: Arjun Asrani
Discussants: Vijay Sakhuja and Chintamani Mahapatra
China’s Naval Force Projection off Somalia
Call it China’s new military diplomacy or emerging naval strategy.
Piracy off Somalia: Can Naval Patrolling be the ‘Antidote’?
Since 2005, the ‘centre of gravity’ of Asian piracy has clearly shifted westwards from Southeast Asia to the western Indian Ocean.
