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The recent decision of the Contact Group on Piracy off Somalia (CGPS) to roll back the ‘High Risk Area’ (HRA) from 1 December 2015 has brought cheer to Indian ship-owners and once again re-focused attention on piracy and the difficulties of combating it. Edward Teach, otherwise known as Blackbeard, Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, Barbarossa, the Barbary pirates and others may have passed into history, but piracy remains a part of the world and has, since the end of the Cold War, re-emerged as one of the numerous non-traditional threats to security. How can it continue to thrive in the modern world, despite all the benefits of technology and international cooperation? How prepared is India to tackle piracy, both in its waters as well as in the region?
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