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In May 2015 we observed the 3rd anniversary of the last Somali pirate hijack of a Western merchant vessel. Naval commanders and private security providers remind us that attacks still occur and that ship-owners must remain vigilant – yet the annual attack figures are in single digits. Is it time to stop talking about Somali piracy? It certainly seems a good time to review the literature on Somali piracy. The annual NEPS conference is a particularly good forum for such an endeavor, as the piracy literature is truly interdisciplinary, spanning economics, politics and international relations, area studies, sociology, law, anthropology and security studies.1 This is not intended to be the complete and definitive review of the literature – but rather an eclectic review of what I found to be the most fascinating topics and puzzles posed by Somali piracy. There are many strands to piracy studies (also see Bueger 2014). Different questions were triggered in different “phases” of Somali piracy, and the time-line of Somali piracy (Figure 1) explains the order of topics below. In the final section I offer an explanation of the overall pattern of the intensity of Somali pirate attacks.

Can We Stop Talking about Somali Piracy Now? A Personal Review of Somali Piracy Studies: Annual NEPS Lecture 2015 at Warwick University