The war for muddy waters : pirates terrorists traffickers and maritime insecurity / Joshua Tallis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tallis, Joshua, 1991- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shipping--Security measures.

Shipping.

National security.

Piracy--Prevention.

Piracy.

Terrorism--Prevention.

Terrorism.

Drug traffic--Prevention.

Drug traffic.

Physical Description:

xii, 266 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Historically, operations and studies regarding maritime security focus on individual threats (e.g., piracy, terrorism, narcotics, etc.) and individual measures to target them (e.g., counter-piracy, counter-terrorism, counter-narcotics). This book explores, for the first time, an overall strategy for maritime security, integrating these issues into a single framework. Tallis argues that as maritime security threats rise in sophistication, it will be increasingly appealing to apply military resources to counter them. Military tactics, however, may not be the ideal mechanisms for addressing challenges that are often closer to crime than they are to war. Leveraging the sea services' capabilities, without overly militarizing maritime security, is a complicated problem set that requires a more strategic and partner-oriented approach to the challenge. At stake, in Tallis' estimation, is the war for tomorrow's most important communities, their human security, and the muddy waters on which they and the global system rely."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter One: Shifting Tides

The Threat Forecast

Theorizing Sea Power

Strategy versus Acquisition

Chapter Two: Breaking Windows

The Power of Context

Broken Windows beyond Policing

Room for Debate

Putting It All Together

Approach

Chapter Three: The Business of Drugs

The Region

Narcotics

Counternarcotics

Lessons for Maritime Security

Chapter Four: Trafficking: Guns, People, and Terror

Guns

People

Terror

Chapter Five: Context and Conclusions

Money Laundering and Misgovernance

Lessons from the Coast Guard

Lessons Learned

Multidimensionality and Context

Integrating Piracy

Chapter Six: Piracy and Perception in the Gulf of Guinea

Life and Crime

Piracy

Broken Windows

Chapter Seven: Evolving Security Conceptions in the Straits

Evolution to Broken Windows

Chapter Eight: Charting a Course

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781682474204

1682474208

OCLC:

1047665079