Geographies of state failure and sophistication in maritime piracy hijackings

Political Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 213-223

  Hastings, Justin V ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Maritime piracy; Somalia; Southeast Asia; State failure; State weakness

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PIRACY; REGIONAL SECURITY; STATE ROLE; TERRITORIAL DISPUTE; TERRORISM;

AFRICA; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; SOMALIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 69249216385     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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