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DESCRIPTION:Piracy in the Somalia has been poorly understood and consequently the 
 international strategy designed to curtail it has not worked. Despite 
 expensive naval deployment in the area some of the pirates have extended 
 their exploits beyond the Red Sea and deep into the Indian Ocean. Professor 
 Samatar makes the claim that several pirate types driven by different 
 logics have operated along the Somali coast and all but one of these 
 pirates emerged as a result of Somali state’s disintegration. In 
 contrast, pirates in other Third World regions operate under established 
 states. He argues that piracy is not only a matter of robbery in the high 
 seas, but that political economy/political ecology and conflicts over 
 resources have been fundamental to the rise of piracy in the region. This 
 community briefing will offer a more refined assessment of piracy in the 
 region as well as a critical appraisal of the moral economy of Somali 
 pirates which yields an alternative method of understanding and curbing the 
 problem. \n\nAbdi Samatar received his Ph.D from the University of 
 California Berkeley and is currently the Chair of the Department of 
 Geography, at the University of Minnesota. His most recent publications 
 are: (1) The Dialectics of Piracy in Somalia: the rich versus the poor 
 (2010) and (2) Debating Somali Identity in a British Tribunal (2006 & 
 2010).\n\nCo-sponsored with the Center for African Studies\nRSVP Requested, 
 email PriorityAfrica@yahoo.com or call 510 663 2255\n\nDonation of $5 
 requested, no one turned away for lack of funds.  \n\nSnacks, drinks 
 provided\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/02/14/18672016.php
SUMMARY:Pirates of the Red Sea
LOCATION:Niebyl Proctor Library\n6501 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/02/14/18672016.php
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