South Africa is a complex anti-piracy actor. Due to the nature of the problem facing the country, it approaches piracy with a multi-faceted doctrine that aims to tackle its many dimensions.
The MPHRP needs to protect seafarers from poor communities, provide legal and financial support to piracy victims, and increase pressure on governments, to address the causes of piracy.
The UK, predominantly, views pirates as criminals, and the primary way to eradicate a criminal problem is to arrest and prosecute as many as possible to alter a pirate’s risk/benefit analysis.
UNODC is addressing piracy within a rule of law framework. It has made progress, but it must continue to cooperate so that the counter piracy movement is undertaken to the highest standard.
NATO’s approach to counter-piracy is through cooperation and self-awareness. However, measures should no longer be focused just on preventing piracy, rather, they should also look to eliminate it.
SAMI is acting effectively with the hope of promoting the potential problems with maritime security, and it is hopeful that it will have a larger voice on the world stage going forward.
Oil has led to economic modernization and prosperity in the Middle East while creating weak states, autonomous from societal demands and political accountability.
Salafism is the belief that over centuries of Islamic practice, certain Muslims have introduced new practices and innovations that have distorted the message of Islam and the Prophet.
Foucault’s understanding of modernity is focused on the constructive potential of transgression or transfiguration & its role in creating forms of subjugation and experimentation in society.
Environmental justice is not just a local issue but a global, an inter-generational, and undoubtedly a problematic one. This should be a concern of not only the few, but all countries.
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