Daniel Little
(RIEAS Senior Advisor)
Copyright: www.rieas.gr
Security prognostication can be a tricky undertaking. That is why a clear distinction must be made between what is accepted as fact and the inference of where future possibilities lie. Such is the case for Mediterranean piracy. As opposed to piracy anywhere else, the Mediterranean deserves future consideration for a myriad of reasons. As isolated issues, the Eurozone, fledgling ‘Arab Spring’ governments, illicit trafficking and terror have select, dedicated audiences that sift, analyze and construe significance specifically tailored to their sponsors. Having stated this up front it is entirely plausible that as a whole, Mediterranean piracy could eventually surpass similar events occurring around the Horn of Africa, the Gulf of Guinea and the Strait of Malacca. As a result, the prognostication I intend to explain is how and why a sophisticated matrix of large-scale theft and extortion might have an added dimension of graphic attacks on Mediterranean vessels. ... Read more