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| Author: | Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies |
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July/August 2009
Foreign Affairs
Piracy was rampant for centuries past—just as it is again today off the coast of East Africa. To combat present-day marauders, governments should look to the tactics used to defeat piracy in the past: a more active defense at sea and the pursuit of a political solution onshore.
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