Subscribe to RSS feedWhy finesse, not force is the key to negotiating with pirates
The hijack of Maersk Alabama has made it almost certain that some US-flag ships will carry firearms. The head of the company that operates Biscaglia, the first US-owned ship hijacked off Somalia, sees this as a bad idea and a bad omen, writes Rajesh Joshi
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JAMES Christodoulou carries the weight of personal experience when he speaks of being “almost evangelical” in drawing attention to piracy, yet he is almost as strongly opposed to the arming of merchant seafarers.
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