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2020 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

13. Non-state Actors in the Maritime Domain: Non-state Responses to Maritime Security Challenges

Author : Carolin Liss

Published in: Global Challenges in Maritime Security

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Over the past decades, non-state actors have played an increasingly important role in the mitigation of maritime security challenges, particularly non-traditional security threats such as piracy, illegal fishing or human trafficking at sea. Among the most prominent of these non-state actors are Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Taking a closer look at the activities of anti-piracy PMSCs and NGOs active in search and rescue (SAR) operations in the Mediterranean, this chapter examines the role of non-state actors in maritime security governance and assesses if their efforts work against or complement state responses to maritime security challenges.

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Footnotes
1
The role of the maritime industry will not be discussed in detail as this is beyond the scope of this chapter.
 
2
The ICS, for example, is the “principal international trade association for merchant ship-owners and operators, representing all sectors and trades and over 80% of the world merchant fleet” (International Chamber of Shipping n.d.).
 
3
See, for example, International Association of Independent Tanker Owners et al. (2018).
 
4
For a list of devices see Kantharia (2017).
 
5
Other reasons why some companies went out of business include failure to win customers and insufficient funds and skills to organise armed international operations.
 
6
Jurisdiction over water areas and vessels is largely determined by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
 
7
The focus is on the Central Mediterranean but other parts of the Mediterranean are also briefly discussed.
 
8
The engagement of NGOs in such SAR operations has been rare, with precedents including the use of vessels to rescue Vietnamese Boat people in Southeast Asian waters in the late 1970s and the operations conducted by the SAR vessel Cap Anamur (del Valle 2016, p. 35).
 
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Metadata
Title
Non-state Actors in the Maritime Domain: Non-state Responses to Maritime Security Challenges
Author
Carolin Liss
Copyright Year
2020
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Book
Global Challenges in Maritime Security

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-34629-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-34630-0

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34630-0_13