An Interview with Rémi Julien (By Murielle Delaporte) 04/01/2011 - At the crossroads between domestic security and naval defense, maritime safety and security is a growing global market. Until recently, maritime border control had been largely defined as an element of anti-terror policy, which has been requiring a specific military…
By Sebastian Bruns 11/05/2010 - Africa is back on the maritime security map. For ship owners, masters, CSOs and SSOs who have long been concerned with African trade and maritime threats to their crews and vessels alike, this political shift signals a timely endorsement of the inherent challenges that the…
The Haiti earthquake is an important reminder that the security of maritime ports is vital in order to maintain the logistics of aid and fast response in the wake of such a disaster.
An example of growing interest in shared collaboration for maritime security in Europe is the Adriatic-Ionian initiative (AII).
Despite being tucked away at the bottom of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh and its primary port, Chittagong, remain a piracy hotspot. Even with a reduction in armed robberies two years ago, the five-year trend reveals that it is business as usual in Bangladesh.
The European Union has for a number of years been focusing on ways to enhance what the US calls “Maritime Domain Awareness” via increased collaboration among relevant stakeholders.
Rupert Herbert-Burns, a senior analyst with the Danish firm "Risk Intelligence", provides an assessment of the challenges of securing the Suez Canal in the evolving maritime security environment...
The global changes induced by the war against terrorism with global means and the rise of key regional power centers are reshaping the maritime strategic environment. It is the coexistence of these two dynamics which is central for the period ahead.
