Piracy in Somalia

Failed States and Civil Wars: Somalia The history of Somalia is a bloody one, filled with failed occupation, anarchy and civil war. Early Somalia established itself as a merchant state. Its key geographical location by the natural strait between the Horn of Africa and Yemen made it a focal point for trade.This essay will explore the history of internal struggles of the Somalilands and its many wars. It will investigate the colonial influences and conflicts between Somalia and its imperial occupiers

In this paper, I will propose a strategy which the United States (US) can employ to address the security challenges against terrorism in East Africa, specifically Somalia. I will use the Ends, Ways, and Means model to discuss the US strategic objectives, concepts, and resources. First, strategic objectives (or ends) will be developed based on national interests. Second, strategic concepts (or ways) will be presented in order to explain how the strategic objectives can be accomplished. Third, this

Security Stability in Somalia Since their indirect elections on September 12, 2012, and despite the fragile regional security situation of the Horn of Africa, Somalia has continued to experience significant and sustained progress towards security stability in their country. In order for Somalia to succeed as viable and trusted state, the United States (US) as well as the International Community should not allow another security stability failure in Somalia. The US and the International Community

white men to bring innovation and technologies into the colonies. Somalia had every reason to succeed, from possessing a privileged geographical situation, oil, ores to having only one religion and one language for the whole territory, thus it could have been a great power in the region but unfortunately colonial powers comes sneaking in, in addition to the wars, piracy and bomb attacks. The three major powers that colonized Somalia are Italy, France, and Britain, Britain became concerned with keeping

The incident occurred in April of 2009. Maersk Albama was shipped through Somalia coast. The freighter was carrying relief supplies to Somalia and Uganda. There were about 400 containers and heading to Kenya. (www.bluebird-electric.net) The crews already recognized the threat of pirates and they trained themselves to avoid worst situation. That was all fruitless

The Instruments of Power (IOP) at the disposal of the U.S. government can be overwhelming and ominous to an immature government or organization. Based on the regions history of conflict with Western powers, the people of Somalia do not respond favorably to hard power concepts such as direct military conflict or economic sanctions. Hard power breads the mentality of “us vs. them” among the local populous. This can push moderate individuals toward extremist groups with whom

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on the surface is an effective fighting force in Somalia; however, the success of AMISOM is contingent upon Ugandan participation. The existence of AMISOM is due to a long Somali history of political / economic instability and the current struggle against the Somalia based terrorist organization, Al-Shabaab. The overall objective within Somalia is to eliminate or at a minimum contain the Al-Shabaab threat. The creation of AMISOM assists the Somalian

occurring at all, and preparatory being measures to prepare for conflict so that little harm occurs. All that has to be done is the analyzation of the past. In the Barbary Wars, America was targeted due it its unprotected state. This reflects onto how Somalia was taken advantaged of due to its weakened government. This can then be translated into how if a nation appears weak, another nation will try to undermine it. America,

to buoyancy. Ships allow for massive amounts of goods to be transported at once, but these slow, cargo laden ships pose an attractive target to thieves. Piracy causes costly disturbances and dangers that lead to billions of dollars in losses because of captured ships, loss of goods, and the ransoming of the crew. Because of the impact of piracy on the profits and safety of maritime transport companies, several measures have been taken to prevent the capturing of vessels or discourage the pirates

society pays more attention to the age old crime of piracy in recent years since the surge of pirates based in Somalia. In facing of increasing number of kidnaps and mint ransoms asked by piracy, people accord great importance to the insurance clauses which cover losses by piracy. In this regards, it is really necessary to research on the insurance clauses of piracy. In this report, the author will firstly describe the general background of piracy and then discuss the legal implication of the seizure