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Petro-piracy: oil and troubled waters / Murphy, Martin N

Murphy, Martin N	Journal Article
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2013.

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West Africa piracy is the most profitable in the world. Well-organized gangs steal refined oil in contrast to Somali pirates who hold crews and ships for ransom. Like piracy elsewhere, the origins and potential solutions to West African piracy are found ashore-largely in Nigeria. This article argues that oil states in the developing world are shielded from the domestic and international pressures that can bring down their non-oil neighbors. The current international system which makes international recognition, not internal legitimacy or functionality, the key to state authority works to their benefit. It encourages those parts which are valuable to industrialized powers-and to the domestic elites who facilitate and benefit from international legitimization-to function well enough for resource extraction to continue. The security of the state generally matters less than the security of key enclaves- including ships and offshore platforms-which support elite interests.

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Oil ; Piracy ; West Africa ; Nigeria ; Waters ; Somali Pirates

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ID: 095327

Securing glaciers and managing waters / Hosnain, Syed Iqbal

Hosnain, Syed Iqbal	Journal Article
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2010.

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Water Security ; Water Management ; Glaciers ; Waters ; Hindu-Kush Himalayan

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ID: 101127

Swedish ebbinghaus illusion: submarine intrusions in Swedish territorial waters and possible Soviet deception / Lillbacka, Ralf

Lillbacka, Ralf	Journal Article
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2010.

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n recent years, and particularly around the time of his birth-centenary in 2003, George Orwell's reputation has come under a cloud. Both his unexampled honesty as a writer and his stainless political idealism have been brought into question. This article takes a further tentative step into this hitherto forbidden region by exploring the connections of Eric Blair and Eileen O'Shaughnessey with various espionage agents and intelligence networks in Barcelona in the spring of 1937. Although the argument is founded on a range of original contemporary documentation, as with many Spanish Civil War stories, facts are complicated and conclusions necessarily provisional.

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NATO ; Sweden ; Waters ; Submarine Intrusion ; Swedish Territorial ; Soviet Deception

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ID: 109460

Testing the waters: offshore drilling threatens regional stability / Jane's

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2011.

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Military ; Turkey ; Cyprus ; Regional Stability ; Waters

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