Piracy and the Privatisation of Maritime Security: Vessel Protection Policies Compared [1st ed.] 9783030501556, 9783030501563

In response to pirate attacks in the Western Indian Ocean, countries worldwide have increasingly authorized the deployme

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Table of contents :
Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii
Introduction: Protecting Merchant Vessels from Pirates (Eugenio Cusumano, Stefano Ruzza)....Pages 1-14
Piracy and Counter-Piracy in the Twenty-First Century (Eugenio Cusumano, Stefano Ruzza)....Pages 15-55
From Divergence to Isomorphism in Vessel Protection Policy: A Theoretical Framework (Eugenio Cusumano, Stefano Ruzza)....Pages 57-88
Privateers Versus Pirates? The United Kingdom Case (Eugenio Cusumano, Stefano Ruzza)....Pages 89-114
Vessel Protection in the Netherlands: A Belated Commercialisation? (Eugenio Cusumano, Stefano Ruzza)....Pages 115-141
From Hybrid to Commercial Vessel Protection: The Italian Case (Eugenio Cusumano, Stefano Ruzza)....Pages 143-169
Vessel Protection in Other European Countries (Eugenio Cusumano, Stefano Ruzza)....Pages 171-206
Open Registries and Vessel Protection: Panama, Liberia and the Marshall Islands (Eugenio Cusumano, Stefano Ruzza)....Pages 207-234
Isomorphic Convergence in Vessel Protection (Eugenio Cusumano, Stefano Ruzza)....Pages 235-261
Conclusion: Vessel Protection Between Private and Maritime Security Studies (Eugenio Cusumano, Stefano Ruzza)....Pages 263-277
Back Matter ....Pages 279-286

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