for this hypothesis using the International Maritime Bureau's dataset on piracy. Piracy is reported by ship-owners, giving … show that profitable forms of piracy flourish where on the one hand there is stability and infrastructure, but on the other … of theft from ships the pattern is quadratic: piracy first rises and then falls as governance improves. …

terms of its counter-piracy and its counter-terrorism objectives. We draw on arguments developed in the literature of law … and economics, detailed statistical analyses and a large number of in depth interviews. Counter-piracy operations are a … relatively well protected transit corridor in the Gulf of Aden and the open sea. However, the counter-piracy measures appear to …

use data from the International Maritime Bureau to create a new dataset on piracy and find strong and consistent support …

Naval counter-piracy measures off Somalia have failed to change the incentives for pirates, raising calls for land …-based approaches that may involve replacing piracy as a source of income. This paper evaluates the effects of piracy on the Somali …