Papastavridis, Efthymios --- "Maritime terrorism in international law" [2014] ELECD 405; in Saul, Ben (ed), "Research Handbook on International Law and Terrorism" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014) 74

Book Title: Research Handbook on International Law and Terrorism

Editor(s): Saul, Ben

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9780857938800

Section: Chapter 5

Section Title: Maritime terrorism in international law

Author(s): Papastavridis, Efthymios

Number of pages: 26

Abstract/Description:

After the unprecedented terrorist attacks on the United States on 11 September 2001, states and the international community were forced to take seriously the threats posed by maritime terrorism and the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). These threats have been the object of much public and academic concern as well as of numerous unilateral or multilateral efforts by individual states and international organizations. A prominent example is the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), which was initially conceived as a ‘collection of interdiction partnerships’ among 11 core members, but subsequently received the support of another 80 states and expanded into a multifaceted, international effort to combat the transfer of banned weapons and weapons technology.