"Private Anti-Piracy Navies and Pirate Maritime Security"

Author John-Clark Levin will discuss how the security situation off the Horn of Africa has affected the development of private warships and its role within the wider maritime security industry.

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Duration: 45:13

Private Anti-Piracy Navies: How Warships for Hire are Changing Maritime Security is about the rise of private warships in response to Somali piracy and other maritime security threats since 2008. Author John-Clark Levin will discuss how the security situation off the Horn of Africa gave rise to this sector, and what its role is within the wider maritime security industry. He will offer an assessment of the key legal, economic, and operational challenges posed by the development of private warships, and conclude by evaluating their prospects for future use.

John-Clark Levin is a writer, currently pursuing a degree in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. He received the 2010 Arthur R. Adams Fellowship at the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, researching private maritime security. He also served as a Harrison Fellow at the Salvatori Center for the Study of Individual Freedom in the Modern World in 2011-2012. He was the winner of the 2010 Eric Breindel Collegiate Journalism Award, and has written for publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Southern Economic Journal, Pacific Maritime Magazine, and War on the Rocks. He has lectured on the subject of private maritime security at institutions such as Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University, the Center for Security Policy, and the U.S. Naval War College.

Published: Thursday, January 15, 2015