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Maritime Radiological and Nuclear Trafficking by Small, Traditional, and Unregulated Vessels

This report, produced with the assistance of the UNODC Global Maritime Crime Programme, examines the potential maritime radiological and...

State of Maritime Piracy: 2020

In 2020, the outbreak of COVID-19 had a profound impact on the shipping industry. Thousands of seafarers, unable to disembark for crew...

What We Know about Maritime Illicit Trades

What We Know About Maritime Illicit Trades is the second in a series of reports produced in the Transnational Organized Crime at Sea: New...

Challenges and Solutions for Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean

This policy brief examines maritime security and governance in the Indian Ocean region across nine issue areas including the blue...

Violent Non-State Actors in the Maritime Space: Implications for the Philippines

Post by Jay Benson Violent non-state actors (VNSAs) such as terrorist and insurgent groups are increasingly turning to the seas to...

The Blue Economy in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

This policy brief examines how improvements to the Blue Economy of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) can be...

Violence at Sea: How Terrorists, Insurgents, and Other Extremists Exploit the Maritime Domain

Terrorist groups around the globe have seen the challenges of securing the maritime domain as an opportunity to advance their political...

Addressing Maritime Security in Southeast Asia

This policy brief maps and measures threats to maritime security across Southeast Asia, as well as the efforts to counter them. The Index...

ReCAAP and Maritime Governance in Southeast Asia: A Catalyzing Role

Guest Post by Marianne Péron-Doise - Research Fellow, Institute for Strategic Research, IRSEM Southeast Asia is often described as a...

State of Maritime Piracy: 2019

Over the last ten years the focus of the annual State of Maritime Piracy report has expanded from piracy off the coast of Somalia to...

Abu Sayyaf: The Chameleon in the World of Terror

Post by Lydelle Joubert FUNDING TERROR THROUGH MARITIME KIDNAPPING On 5 December 2018, three fishermen working for a company in Sandakan,...

Maritime Security Policy Proposals for the Sulu and Celebes Seas

This policy brief examines how improvements in Philippine fisheries, blue economy, and maritime law enforcement can increase maritime...

State of Maritime Piracy: 2018

The ninth annual edition of the State of Maritime Piracy report finds that the Gulf of Guinea was the area most affected by piracy and...

New Report: Terrorist Activities in the Maritime Domain

The failure to acknowledge or recognize the importance of the maritime domain to both society and the economy, or sea blindness,...

Stable Seas: Sulu and Celebes Seas

The Southeast Asian Archipelago includes the world’s busiest shipping lanes, its most biodiverse marine environment, and many of the...