Maritime security

Climate change, illegal fishing, and environmental damage all contribute to the lack of security that coastal populations in the Gulf of Guinea suffer from. To Denmark, as well as several other European countries, the Gulf of Guinea remains an important region for commercial shipping. To enhance responses to piracy and crime at sea it is necessary to take a holistic approach which also considers the lack of opportunities for making a legal and sustainable living in the region.

Terror financing and disruption efforts in Somalia

Why piracy prosecution doesn't always work

Maritime security studies analyse various forms of crimes at sea and how public and private authorities seek to counter these crimes, thus also informing policy. Here, ethnography can provide in depth understandings of how everyday practices shape maritime security.

A ‘Geopolitical’ European Union should encourage cooperation in the Red Sea region

A new book chapter in the Routledge Handbook of Peace, Security and Development discusses how maritime security has been conceptualized and how the research field of maritime security has evolved in recent decades