Piracy
Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable items or properties. Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, while the dedicated ships that pirates use are called pirate ships. The earliest documented instances of piracy were in the 14th century BC, when the Sea Peoples, a group of ocean raiders, attacked the ships of the Aegean and Mediterranean civilizations. Narrow channels which funnel shipping into predictable routes have long created opportunities for piracy, as well …
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UBC: UBC Press · 15 May 2024 English
Canada and Colonialism presents the history Canadians must reckon with before decolonization is possible, from the nation’s establishment as a settler colony to the discriminatory legacies still at work in …
Caribbean, British colonies had their early history in piracy, trade, the slave trade, and conficts with other …
PICES: North Pacific Marine Science Organization · 17 April 2024 English
All names and claims expressed in this book of abstracts are solely those of the authors and do not represent those of the PICES Organization, nor those of their affiliated …
tourism have been curbed by increasing treats of piracy, Illegal Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUUF) …
CGAI: Canadian Global Affairs Institute · 1 April 2024 English
Halifax-class frigates. While these ships are tasked with a variety of naval missions, including in counter-piracy, they are the RCN capabilities most likely to face combat situations, similar to what we are observing …
variety of naval missions, including in counter-piracy, they are the RCN capabilities most likely to face …
CDA: Conference of Defence Associations Institute · 8 March 2024 English
The Second World War gave birth to the Atlantic Charter, the UN Charter, the Paris Peace Treaties, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Fourth Geneva Convention, and the Genocide …
Al-Shabaab. Instability, a humanitarian crisis, piracy (eventually attenuated), displacement of population …
CDA: Conference of Defence Associations Institute · 7 March 2024 English
The Second World War gave birth to the Atlantic Charter, the UN Charter, the Paris Peace Treaties, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Fourth Geneva Convention, and the Genocide …
Al-Shabaab. Instability, a humanitarian crisis, piracy (eventually attenuated), displacement of population …
CIDP: Centre for International and Defense Policy · 9 January 2024 English
ships and SOF units to the operation, putting the two nations at the forefront of NATO’s counter-piracy campaign. [...] For the rest of the decade, the Australians recognized that the real value of their …
assist NATO counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. In 2008, rampant piracy in those waters became … (UNSC) to authorize several international counter-piracy campaigns, including NATO’s Operation Ocean Shield … two nations at the forefront of NATO’s counter-piracy campaign. In fact, over the next two years, the … methods that contributed to a steep decline in piracy.4 The use of SOF went a long way in enabling these … developed novel methods for countering evolving piracy operations while respecting national imperatives …
Music Canada · 9 January 2024 English
In the 15 years that followed the launch of Napster around the time of the millennium, the word ‘piracy’ dominated every debate at Canadian Music Week. [...] There is a legal and economic rationale for …
have saved the recorded music industry from its piracy-fueled plummet. Today, global recorded music revenues … music revenues. To offer some historical context, piracy, the cause of the industry’s steep decline, has … Napster around the time of the millennium, the word ‘piracy’ dominated every debate at Canadian Music Week … the 2023 Canadian Music Week, however, the word piracy didn’t appear in any of the conference literature … unregulated success. If their policy backfires, piracy might once again raise its ugly head inside the …
Music Canada · 6 December 2023 English
Engaging with music 202 3 2 Contents M E T H O D O L O GY 4 I N T R O D U C T I O N …
figures are provided at the end of this report. Music piracy is still very much an issue, with stream ripping …
Wilson Center Canada · 27 October 2023 English
In a moment where bilateral regulatory mistrust threatens to dismantle many of the financial ties built-up over the last three decades, understanding the mindset of the Chinese regulator becomes all …
activities that blended into what many would consider piracy during the Qing dynasty. Hang refers to “Ming loyalist … vendet- tas, shifting identities, and of course piracy shaped a diverse region. Ho viv- idly recounts …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 26 September 2023 English
If a MAGA Republican becomes president in 2025, the West will likely fracture under the stresses of a reinvigorated America First policy and the abandonment of American global leadership. This …
September 11, 2001, in Libya in 2011, and in counter- piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian …