Abstract

The high-profile seizure of ships such as the Saudi supertanker Sirius Star and Ukraine's weapons-laden Faina have focused attention on the escalating incidence of piracy off the Somali coast. Several multinational coalitions of warships have moved to patrol the affected waters. However, the area is huge and naval action is constrained. As long as Somalia remains a lawless state, a military presence can do no more than address the symptoms of the problem.

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