Maritime Security Cooperation in the Gulf of Guinea

In Maritime Security Cooperation in the Guinea: Prospects and Challenges, Kamal-Deen Ali provides ground-breaking analyses of the maritime security situation in the Gulf of Guinea and its implications for shipping, energy security, sustainable fisheries as well as national and regional security. The book juxtaposes the growing strategic importance of the Gulf of Guinea against the rising insecurity in the maritime domain, especially from piracy. Ali points out key gaps in prevailing regional and international approaches to maritime security cooperation in the Gulf of Guinea and sets out several suggestions for combating piracy as well as other maritime security threats while effectively enhancing maritime security cooperation in the region.

Kamal-Deen Ali, Ph.D (2014), University of Wollongong, Australia, is the Director of Research at the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College. He has published significantly including The Anatomy of Gulf of Guinea Piracy (Naval War College Review, 2015).