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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
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Blog

A Call For Courage, Leadership, and Action

By LCDR W.T. Door With the recent spate of firings and misbehaving at the upper echelons of the United States’ military leadership spectrum, senior

February 19, 2013
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Friday, February 1, 2013
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Piracy

Reexamining the Gulf of Guinea: Fewer Attacks, Better Pirates

By James M. Bridger, Along with the release of the International Maritime Bureau (IMB)’s 2012 piracy report come the onslaught of analysts seeking to

February 1, 2013
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Typhon is Not a Private Navy
Blog

Typhon is Not a Private Navy

By John A C Cartner, Special to Piracy Daily Navy sounds sexy. Private navy sounds ultra-sexy. Typhon says it has one. Typhon does not. A private vessel

January 30, 2013
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
Typhon’s Private Navy: A Game-Changer or a New Maritime Counter-Piracy Maginot Line?
Piracy

Typhon’s Private Navy: A Game-Changer or a New Maritime Counter-Piracy Maginot Line?

By Martin Edwin Andersen The announcement earlier this month that a British company, Typhon, is creating a private navy to protect commercial clients from

January 24, 2013
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News

Jones Act Uncertainty Looms Offshore in 2013

By Jeanne M. Grasso & Jonathan K. Waldron All was relatively tranquil offshore in 2011–2012 with respect to Jones Act issues. Activities offshore had

January 24, 2013
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
Pirate Horizons in the Gulf of Guinea
Piracy

Pirate Horizons in the Gulf of Guinea

By James M. Bridger It was proclaimed in 2012 that the Somali pirate business model had been broken by a combination of coordinated naval patrols, heightened

January 10, 2013
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