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If the goal of Denmark is to end piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, a focus on constructive political dialogues could be a good place to start

Posted by mycketforvirrad
Tags: politics, denmark, geopolitics, maritime, military, navy, pirates, warships, shipping routes, ap moeller maersk, diplomacy, oceans, gulf of guinea, relations.international, waters.territorial, nigeria, author.alexander mcmaster, source.euobserver, paywall
https://euobserver.com/world/156362

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Title
Denmark's flawed mission to the Gulf of Guinea
Authors
Alexander McMaster
Published
Nov 1 2022
Word count
1258 words

2 comments

  1. mycketforvirrad
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    Sneaky paywall was sneaky and snuck up on me. Here is a website called Good Word News hosting the body text. mediabiasfactcheck.com didn't shed any light on the sites reputability unfortunately,...

    Sneaky paywall was sneaky and snuck up on me. Here is a website called Good Word News hosting the body text. mediabiasfactcheck.com didn't shed any light on the sites reputability unfortunately, other than being a content thief...

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  2. DanBC
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    Thank you for posting this. I wasn't hit by the paywall. I very much enjoyed the detailed explanation of the complexity of anti-piracy operations in international waters. This bit about the UK...

    Thank you for posting this. I wasn't hit by the paywall. I very much enjoyed the detailed explanation of the complexity of anti-piracy operations in international waters.

    Nigeria has stepped up its response to piracy but given the economic interests of foreign nations like Denmark, the UK and Spain, it is inevitable that they get involved.

    This bit about the UK getting involved is genuinely terrifying. There's a long list of people and government departments responsible for maritime security:

    Department for Transport,
    Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs,
    Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office,
    Home Office,
    Ministry of Defence, and
    The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP

    This is a lot of people, and some of those people are more likely to have a delicate understanding of diplomacy, and some of them are going to be a bit clumsy. There are real risks here from the current UK government just clod-hopping about with populist measures that don't fix anything. If someone like Suella Braverman or Priti Patel get responsibility I'd be really worried.

    Grant Shapps is underwhelming[1]. But I'm not sure the page I linked is up to date, he was moved to a different post after it was written. "He was previously Secretary of State for the Home Department from 19 October 2022 to 25 October 2022, Secretary of State for Transport between 24 July 2019 and 6 September 2022, and Minister of State at the Department for International Development from 11 May 2015 until 28 November 2015."

    [1] I want to say "a fucking idiot", but I'm trying really hard to restrain myself because I don't think that's great for Tildes and I really do want to try to see if I can find any glimmer of hope in that part of the current Conservative Party. Blimey it's hard work though.

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