From Politicization to Securitization of Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea

EU’s Energy security and trade depend, to a large extent, on sea-based transport relying on open sea lines of communication and Maritime Security. The Gulf of Guinea (GoG) region has supplied 13 per cent of oil and six per cent of total EU28 consumption. Between 2003 and January 2015, piracy in the...

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Main Author:	Piedade João
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sciendo 2016-08-01
Series:	Croatian International Relations Review
Subjects:	Politicization Securitization Maritime Security Gulf of Guinea
Online Access:	http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/cirr.2016.22.issue-75/cirr-2016-0003/cirr-2016-0003.xml?format=INT

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title	From Politicization to Securitization of Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea
title_short	From Politicization to Securitization of Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea
title_full	From Politicization to Securitization of Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea
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series	Croatian International Relations Review
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publishDate	2016-08-01
description	EU’s Energy security and trade depend, to a large extent, on sea-based transport relying on open sea lines of communication and Maritime Security. The Gulf of Guinea (GoG) region has supplied 13 per cent of oil and six per cent of total EU28 consumption. Between 2003 and January 2015, piracy in the GoG accounted for 31 per cent of attacks (616 of 1,965) in African waters. With that proportion on the rise and a growing threat related to Piracy, illegal over-fishing and crude oil theft; maritime (in)security in the region is attracting attention from regional and international governments and bodies.
topic	Politicization Securitization Maritime Security Gulf of Guinea
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