International cooperation against piracy: China's role,problems, and prospects |
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Authors: | Martin N Murphy |
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Institution: | 1.Atlantic Council of the United States,Washington,USA |
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Abstract: | While there are some non-contentious issues about which states can cooperate, most must be molded around the demands of national
interest. Piracy is a case where suppression would appear to be in the interest of all states; after all, pirates have been
regarded as the enemies of all since Roman times. Despite this, states have often been more ambivalent as they have found
piracy to be a useful cloak behind which to hide their wider geo-strategic ambitions. This paper notes that Somali piracy
has attracted the interest of China whose citizens have been attacked and hijacked. It asks if this deployment demonstrates
that China is committed to the protection of shipping in the context of the existing maritime order or if it has a wider purpose
to advance Chinese interests in the Indian Ocean region. |
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