Piratical attacks have become more frequent, violent, costly and increasingly threaten to undermine order in the international system. Much attention has focuse

This two-volume work offers a comprehensive examination of the distressing topics of transnational crime and the implications for global security. National secu

This book examines the complex phenomena of modern maritime piracy. The work offers a cutting-edge analysis of modern maritime piracy in the two most pirate-pro

This book widens the current debate on security privatization by examining how and why an increasing number of private actors beyond private military and securi

From pirates to smugglers, migrants to hackers, from stolen fish to smuggled drugs, the sea is becoming a place of increasing importance on the global agenda as