Archivo etiqueta «Piratería»
Par le Capitaine de corvette Alexandre Marchis, stagiaire de la 19ème promotion de l’Ecole de guerre (LE MONDE, 13/12/11):
Si ces derniers mois, la famine, les enlèvements d’occidentaux et les actions armées du groupe Al-Shabaab ont fait parler de la Somalie dans l’actualité, un autre mal, la piraterie, mobilise les forces navales depuis 2008. Parmi elles, la force navale européenne (EUNAVFOR) mène l’opération Atalante. Avec la stabilisation du phénomène, certains membres de l’Union Européenne souhaiteraient désormais conduire des actions plus offensives. Mais cet avis n’est pas partagé par l’ensemble des 27 membres tant il demeure des incertitudes quant aux … Seguir leyendo
By Ole Martin Moen, research fellow in philosophy at the University of Oslo (THE WASHINGTON TIMES, 14/07/11):
Since February, the Danish sailor Jan Quist Johansen, his wife, Birgit, and their three children, Rune, Hjalte and Naja, have been held hostage by Somali pirates. After a failed rescue attempt in March, the family has been treated brutally and many now claim that if the ransom is not paid immediately, they risk execution – just as two American couples, Jean and Scott Adams, and Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle, were executed by pirates earlier this year when ransoms were not paid … Seguir leyendo
By Rose George, the author of The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 25/04/11):
Four American yachters killed; a Danish family of five and two crew members kidnapped: these events in the space of a week early this year may finally fuel a consensus that something needs to be done about piracy in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden. And something should be done: in addition to the yachters, nearly 700 sailors, mostly Filipino, Bangladeshi and Russian, are being held hostage. Often forced to operate their captured ships … Seguir leyendo
By J. D. Gordon, a senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy and a retired Navy commander who served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense during the George W. Bush administration (THE WASHINGTON TIMES, 23/04/11):
While President Obama battles Republicans in Congress over federal budgets, spiraling debt and out-of-control spending, another out-of-control phenomena – namely piracy, continues to wreak havoc on the world economy with an estimated cost of $15 billion by 2015.
Attacks on shipping have skyrocketed to 142 incidents worldwide just within the first three months of 2011 – 18 vessels were hijacked and … Seguir leyendo
Por Félix Arteaga, investigador principal de Seguridad y Defensa en el Real Instituto Elcano y director del Grupo de Trabajo dedicado al seguimiento de las Misiones Internacionales de las Fuerzas Armadas españolas (REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO, 14/03/11):
Tema: El despliegue aeronaval internacional en torno al Cuerno de África permite mantener abiertas las líneas de comunicación marítima y el flujo de buques y mercancías pero no consigue disuadir a los piratas de actuar ni reducir significativamente las cifras de secuestros.
Resumen: La lucha contra la piratería en el Golfo de Adén y el Océano Índico ha movilizado las flotas de … Seguir leyendo
By Shannon Beebe, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army and coauthor of The Ultimate Weapon Is No Weapon: Human Security and the New Rules of War and Peace. The opinions expressed here are his own and do not represent those of the Department of Defense (LOS ANGELES TIMES, 11/03/11):
It has become apparent that real piracy is far different from the lighthearted subject sometimes portrayed in popular culture, and the problem is growing much worse. Besides the tragic cost in lives, the U.S., many other nations and NATO spent roughly $2 billion combined last year to safeguard … Seguir leyendo
By Peter Chalk, the author of The Maritime Dimension of International Security: Terrorism, Piracy, and Challenges for the United States and a senior analyst at Rand Corp (LOS ANGELES TIMES, 28/02/11):
The killing of four Americans who were taken hostage aboard the yacht Quest off the coast of Oman serves as an ominous warning that pirate activity will increase in 2011 despite large-scale naval deployments in the Gulf of Aden.
The incident also underscores the limits of raw power. Those aboard the Quest, although surrounded by warships and tracked by a helicopter, still met a tragic end.
Indeed, intercepting … Seguir leyendo
By Victor Erofeyev, a Russian writer and television host. Translated from the Russian by the International Herald Tribune (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 11/01/11):
Here in the Seychelles, they believe that a turning point in the war with Somali piracy occurred when the Supreme Court handed down a severe sentence of 22 years each to nine Somali pirates under a new “antipiracy” amendment to Seychelles law.
The pirates really had seized some Seychellois, so the mood in Victoria — the smallest national capital city in the world, with one traffic light — was good, both among officials and ordinary citizens. … Seguir leyendo
By David B. Rivkin Jr., a Washington lawyer who served in the Justice Department and the White House counsel’s office in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations. He has represented parties before international tribunals and Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky, a New York-based attorney whose practice focuses on international and federal litigation (THE WASHINGTON POST, 09/12/10):
The international response to Somali piracy just became more complicated. Kenya’s second-highest court ruled last month that it has no jurisdiction to try pirates captured outside of Kenyan territorial waters. The decision underscores the need for a comprehensive international legal framework to address the … Seguir leyendo
By Peter Chalk, a senior analyst at the RAND Corporation (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 03/09/10):
Every 12 hours last year young men boarded motorized skiffs and hijacked vessels on the waterway used by 24,000 ships around the Horn of Africa. Pirate gangs have accrued $150 million in ransom to date, about $4 million per ship. Their take is likely to swell before year’s end. Somali gangs now hold 18 vessels and 379 crew members for ransom.
How do scruffy vagabonds as young as 16 overpower freighters and defy patrolling warships? And how, even when captured, do these modern pirates … Seguir leyendo
By Antonio Maria Costa, executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 08/06/10):
How is it possible that pirates from very poor Somalia can hold to ransom ships from some of the richest countries, despite the patrolling by the world’s strongest navies?
That was the dilemma discussed at the recent Istanbul Conference on Somalia, and is high on the agenda of the United Nations, NATO and the European Union.
The current anti-piracy strategy has worked well, but it is facing diminishing returns. Naval patrols off the Horn of Africa have reduced the … Seguir leyendo
By Claude Berube, who teaches at the United States Naval Academy, and Patrick Cullen, who teaches at the Barcelona Institute of International Studies. Their forthcoming book is Maritime Private Security: Market Responses to Piracy, Terrorism and Waterborne Security Risks in the 21st Century (THE WASHINGTON TIMES, 27/03/10):
Somali piracy attacks targeting shipping through the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean have significantly risen in quantity, sophistication and audacity. The U.S. Navy SEAL team rescue of the kidnapped crew of the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama last April provided a dramatic example not only of this threat, but also of the … Seguir leyendo
Por Ángel Tafalla Balduz, Almirante ( r ). Ex Segundo Jefe del Estado Mayor de la Armada y del Mando Marítimo OTAN de Europa Sur. Miembro del Consejo asesor del Grupo Atenea (ABC, 22/02/10):
Cuatro son los espacios vitales en la edad de la globalización que nos ha tocado vivir: el marítimo, el aéreo, el exoatmosférico cercano y el cibernético. Estos espacios son de todos y por lo tanto no son de nadie. Pero el libre tránsito a través de ellos es esencial para nuestra civilización. Los cuatro son recorridos a muy distintas velocidades. Se transita por ellos pero … Seguir leyendo
By Jay Bahadur, who is currently working on a book about Somali piracy (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 04/01/10):
Last Monday, Somali pirates seized two more prizes in rapid succession: a British-flagged chemical tanker and a Greek bulk carrier, bringing the current number of captive ships to 12 and the number of hostage mariners to at least 278. Despite the presence in the region of three multinational naval task forces comprising about 30 warships, there were 68 successful pirate hijackings in 2009, compared with 49 one year earlier.
If the New Year’s Day capture of an Indonesian tanker is any … Seguir leyendo
Por Miguel Ángel Ballesteros Martín, general de Brigada y director del Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos (EL PAÍS, 02/12/09):
Decía el estratega chino Sun Tzu que “se llama genio a la capacidad de obtener la victoria cambiando y adaptándose a las características del enemigo”. ¿Cuáles son las características de ese negocio floreciente que es la piratería somalí?
La gran cantidad de secuestros perpetrados por los piratas en los últimos años, les ha proporcionado una gran experiencia. Sólo en lo que va de año se han producido 135 ataques de los que 49 han terminado en secuestro. A medida que los … Seguir leyendo