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To understand piracy consult a chapter from America’s hidden history

By / Leave a Comment / 12 November 2017

Summary:  The Americans that fought WWI and WWII dreamt of a better world, run by laws and not greed backed by force.  After WWII the foundations were laid for global institutions to make this a reality, beginning a project taking generations to accomplish.  The Boomers have abandoned it, each year pissing on the foundation.  Preemptively invading nations (against treaties going back to …

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New research about pirates!

By / Leave a Comment / 2 June 2013

Papers about piracy presented at the February 2010 convention of the International Studies Association convention:   “Theory vs. Policy? Connecting Scholars and Practitioners”.  You might find some of these of interest.  Piracy shows western geopolitical thinking in unusual clarity.  Can we respond to a small threat without losing our minds?  Not every geopolitical moment is Munich, September 1938.  Can …

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More about those pirate demons in Somalia

By / 4 Comments / 13 September 2010

Summary:  A follow-up to What is this “justice” that war-loving Americans speak of? about the Somalia pirates.  As so often the case on the FM website, the comments were disturbing — examples of the widespread modern America our love of force and disdain for justice (for others, that is).  We can do better.  Understanding ourselves is the first …

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What is this “justice” that war-loving Americans speak of?

By / 43 Comments / 13 March 2011

Much of America’s self-image as a “city on a hill” comes from our love of justice.  We see this clearly in the righteousness we bring to foreign affairs.  “The Audacity of Rope — Crush all the Pirates — Now“, Ralph Peters, New York Post, 14 April 2009 — Excerpt: Attack their harbors with land, sea and …

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A Piracy SitRep

By / 15 Comments / 31 May 2010

Articles by two experts confirms most of the analysis of piracy presented on this site.  They are typically well-reasoned and supported article from Proceedings, IMO one of the best of the American military journals.  I recommend reading it in full.  For a contrary view (there are always at least 2 perspectives on such things, at the …

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