A New Approach to Counter-Piracy: Lower the Burden of Proof for Prosecuting Pirates
Fascinating speech by Andrew Shapiro, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs at the U.S. State Department on U.S. government views on counter-piracy policy. Of special interest, the U.S. may try changing the law on prosecuting pirates. How exactly to do that is a bit unclear (treaty? custom?), but it seems like a promising avenue. At least it is a new idea,...