MSR InDepth

  • US Navy Goes Green

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    According to US Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, “Having energy independence in the United States is one of the most important things we can do from a security standpoint.” […]

  • The Arctic Ocean

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    Melting ice in the Arctic may not be good for species that live there, but it does mean those icy waters are much more accessible and cost-effective places to drill […]

  • Chinese Base in the Arctic?

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    According to a report in today’s Financial Times (FT), a Chinese tycoon plans to buy a vast tract of Icelandic land for a tourism project. Critics fear the move could […]

  • Al Qaeda’s Seapower Strategy

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    An interesting and valid Chris Rawley (Counter-terrorism planner at US Special Operations Command’s Interagency) article from smallwarsjournal.com Al Qaeda’s Seapower Strategy by Chris Rawley Usama bin Laden’s serendipitous demise has brought […]

  • Citadel Saviour

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    Pirates attacked two tankers off the coast of Benin as they were undergoing a ship-to-ship transfer. The vessels involved were the mother ship ‘Golden Sofia’ and the daughter vessel ‘Aidin’. […]

  • Armed Security – a credible deterrent to Piracy

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    by Paul Gibbins, Director of Communications, Protection Vessels International At the recent conference ‘Combating Piracy’ in Hamburg, the shipping industry heard the brutal truth that when it comes to piracy, […]

  • MSR Milestone

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    This is the 500th story posted on MSR, and we would like to thank you for reading our security news and supporting us. We are about to launch the next […]

  • Special Report

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    As pirate attacks grow, shipowners take arms By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent POOLE, England | Tue May 3 (Reuters) – Upstairs in a public house on the English south coast, 18 men […]

  • Security Case Study

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    The Hijacking of the MV Zirku: A Case Study in Shipping Security By Sam Bateman Republished with the kind permission the S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies. Synopsis The recent hijacking […]

  • India’s Once & Future Sea Power

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    James Holmes, an associate professor of strategy at the US Naval War College and co-author of ‘Red Star over the Pacific’, an Atlantic Monthly Best Book of 2010, has written […]

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