Ports are part of the economic engine of a country, as they play a very important role in the
maritime transport chain, either as a node or as a logistics platform. Therefore, they must be …

The shipping industry provides mobility, in a global scale. As such, it is governed by
international law. The latter cannot be enforced, and its effectiveness relies on the consent …

Title: Routledge handbook of peace, security, and development/edited by Fen Osler
Hampson, Alpaslan Özerdem and Jonathan Kent. Other titles: Handbook of peace, security …

This chapter provides first a discussion of how maritime security has been conceptualized
and theorized and how the field has evolved. It discusses the more particular debates on …

Throughout human history and across cultures and geographies, violence has disrupted
agriculture and trade, forced people to migrate, interrupted health and other social services …