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Maritime Piracy: Defining the Problem
- SAIS Review of International Affairs
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 25, Number 1, Winter-Spring 2005
- pp. 155-165
- 10.1353/sais.2005.0005
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The current definition of piracy is completely inadequate as a tool for policymakers. The leading statistics and reporting systems are misleading. Most acts cited are not classic boarding and hijacking of merchant vessels on the high seas. A reformulation of the definition of piracy will help focus efforts at combating the scourge.