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In the 19th Century, the British East India Company was buying up huge amounts of Chinese goods – tea, silk, porcelain and more – but China was not in...

Javier Puente, associate professor of Latin American and Latino/a Studies at Smith College, will give a talk on his recent book on Peru at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in the Student Success Center, room 349.

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"Chinas leaders see distant water fleets as a way to project presence around the world. The aim is to be present all over the worlds oceans so that they can direct the outcomes of international agreements that cover maritime resources." — Tabitha Mallory, CEO of China Ocean Institute and affiliate professor at the University of Washington, Axios, March 23, 2021. In the past five years, more than 500 abandoned wooden fishing boats, often with skeletons of starved North Korean fishermen aboard,...

Leaked US intelligence document calls for support of South American countries fight against Chinese IUU By Share A leaked document originating from the Office of Intelligence and Analysis – part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security – has recommended the creation of a multilateral coalition with South American nations led by the U.S. to challenge Chinas illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and trade practices. Illegal fishing constitutes the sixth-most lucrative cri...

Hai Lu Feng 11 on 16 May 2020 stands as one of the most successful recent examples of both maritime security cooperation and naval operations in the Gulf of Guinea. Pirates took the vessel and its crew of 11 on 14 May off of Côte d’Ivoire and sailed across the exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of Ghana, Togo, and Benin before being interdicted 14 nautical miles off the coast of Nigeria. The information sharing across the region and the operations by the navies of Benin and Nigeria led to the s...