Maritime Security in East and West Africa A Tale of Two Regions
‘In this century more than ever, the maritime governance discourse requires useful tools that point states and other actors in the best possible direction. This is what Dirk has done. He has not discussed maritime security in abstract: this book perfectly
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A Tale of Two Regions
Dirk Siebels
Maritime Security in East and West Africa
Dirk Siebels
Maritime Security in East and West Africa A Tale of Two Regions
Dirk Siebels Risk Intelligence A/S Hellerup, Denmark
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Acknowledgements
There is scant space to pay tribute to all those people who have provided ideas and material during years of research that have finally led to this book. I have not even tried to compile a complete list and would rather like to concentrate on some of the most pleasant experiences. My first longer research trip to West Africa took me to the Kofi Annan International Peace Training Centre in Accra, Ghana, where any amount of time is well spent. All staff members and course participants are not just incredibly friendly, but also extremely knowledgeable about a broad variety of issues. Moreover, I was fortunate enough to meet never-tiring scholars like Albert Samah from Cameroon or Kamal-Deen Ali and Philip Attuquayefio from Ghana who get through monumental workloads on any given day, despite all the small and large problems that are far too common at most institution in sub-Saharan Africa. Another organisation that deserves praise is the Maritime Security Centre of Excellence, hosted by the Turkish Navy and now based in Istanbul. I had the privilege to lecture there several times already and am very much looking forward to many more interesting se
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