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  • 19 Nov 2008 - - Reuters - Somalia PM fears warships alone won't stop piracy IISS LogoAnalysts say international efforts should, besides sending warships, focus on financial networks recycling the tens of millions of dollars of ransoms paid this year. "There's a financial network that needs to tracked down. There needs to be a multi-agency response," said Jason Alderwick, a maritime defence analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
  • 19 Nov 2008 - - Times - Iranian grain ship seized as Somali pirates hold world to ransom IISS LogoAnalysts said, however, that the seizure of the Sirius Star exposed the use of foreign warships as “a sticking plaster” that would not solve the problem. “Maritime security operations in that area are addressing the symptoms not the causes,” said Jason Alderwick, a maritime defence analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
  • 19 Nov 2008 - - Guardian - Piracy and ransom payments: Risky business - safe transactions IISS LogoJason Alderwick, a maritime security expert at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said: "There is usually a coordinator onshore who deals with the dynamics. Money is brought to a prearranged location, which could be in Somalia or Yemen. There is basically a transfer of money bags. The money goes down the line through a series of intermediaries, with the local government, the mayor or chiefs having a direct hand. "The transaction has tended to take place away from the vessel and away from
  • Volume 14 – Issue 9 SC1409 Publications page panelVolume 14, Issue 9 of Strategic Comments, the Institute's online journal has just been published. The first article, Pakistan on the brink, is free to all readers, with the remaining four - Serbia's surprise embrace of Europe, The simmering food crisis, Seeking peace in the South Caucasus and Forward march on European defence - accessible to IISS members or Strategic Comments subscribers. A pay-per-view facility is also available. The charge for each article is £5
  • 18 Nov 2008 - - Reuters - Piracy crisis exposes need for Somalia solution IISS Logo"Maritime security operations in that area are really only a sticking plaster, they are addressing the symptoms not the causes," said Jason Alderwick, a maritime defense analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. "The TFG at the moment isn't delivering on its state obligations to maintain the integrity of its own territorial waters. So they need a plan to facilitate that -- or come up with another option," said Alderwick. "There's a financial network that needs to tracked down.
  • 13 Nov 2008 - - Economist - What to do with a vision of zero Abolishing Nuclear WeaponsA recent Adelphi Paper from the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies explores just some of the technical and political obstacles. What would be acceptable standards of verification when controls can never in fact be “airtight” and weapons-making knowledge still has to be protected? What are the trade-offs between imperfect verification and enforcement, since the UN Security Council seems unable to agree on enforcing its resolutions on Iran or North Korea? What might a residual deterren
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Click here to read article summaries from the latest Survival issue (Vol 50, No 5,  October-November 2008

 

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