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Global sea piracy ticks upward, and the coronavirus may make it worse

  • Written by Brandon Prins, Professor of Political Science & Global Security Fellow at the Howard Baker Center, University of Tennessee
Global sea piracy ticks upward, and the coronavirus may make it worseSuspected pirates surrender to the U.S. Coast Guard off the coast of Somalia in 2009.LCDR Tyson Weinert/U.S. Coast Guard

In early April, eight armed raiders boarded the container ship Fouma as it entered the port of Guayaquil, Ecuador. They fired warning shots toward the ship’s bridge, boarded the ship and opened several shipping containers,...

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