New wars’ at sea
A critical transformative approach to the political economy of Somali piracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12301431 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gilberto Carvalho De Oliveira (0000-0001-6713-1126, University of Coimbra, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-18 |
| Publication date | 2013-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Security Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0967-0106 • E-ISSN: 1460-3640 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0967010612470294 |
| OpenAlex | W2066406982 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 21 |
Relying on the literature on the political economy of new wars, this article aims to challenge the policy articulation of Somali piracy through the security–development nexus in recent resolutions of the UN Security Council. The article’s central argument is that the UN Security Council’s assumption that the political economy of piracy can be transformed by external top-down intervention based on a formulaic security–development nexus seems to be bound to fail for two main reasons: First, the ‘nexus’ is based on a virtual liberal state-building project in Somalia that is disconnected from the local context involving piracy; second, the ‘nexus’ works as a securitized dispositif, hence prioritizing security goals over social changes. Therefore, instead of the liberal peace recipe proposed by the Security Council as remedy for everything, including piracy, the article suggests a critical transformative approach, centred in actually existing forms of local politics and governance in areas affected by piracy, where the articulation between security and development can be made in a more balanced and nuanced way, taking into account the concrete needs of protection and development of people dependent on piracy
Argument (complex analysis · Articulation (sociology · Context (archaeology · Corporate governance · Economics · Law and economics · Management · Nexus (standard · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Somali · Transformative learning · Engineering · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Maritime Security and History · Peacebuilding and International Security
Segurança e paz na África Subsaariana. Desafios e perspectivas. Entrevista de Gilberto Carvalho de Oliveira
Introduction
The political economy of the media in the Somali conflict
Who governs Norwegian maritime security? Public facilitation of private security in a fragmented security environment
Rationalising the use of the anti-money laundering regime in tackling Somalia's piracy for ransoms
Performing piracy
War on Piracy
Justa piratica
The causal power of securitisation
Ocean Governance, Maritime Security, and International Relations
The Liberal Way of War
The Political Economy of Armed Conflict
War Economies in a Regional Context
Hybrid Forms of Peace
Whose Peace? Critical Perspectives on the Political Economy of Peacebuilding
Greed and Grievance
Development, Security and Unending War, Governing the World of Peoples
Naval Peacekeeping and Piracy
Maritime piracy in Africa
Hybrid Peace
Imagining Numbers
The Dialectics of Piracy in Somalia
Somalia
The Liberal Way of Development and the Development-Security Impasse
Indigenous Peace-Making Versus the Liberal Peace
| Citations per year | 0.77 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |