This collection of essays provides a comprehensive assessment of the legal and policy approaches to maritime counter‎-piracy adopted by the EU and other international actors ver the last few years‎.‎ This book adopts a holistic approach to the topic‎,‎ examining approaches to piracy as these emerge in different geographical areas‎,‎ as well as tackling the central issues which counter‎-piracy raises in terms of the most topical aspects of international law ‎(‎international humanitarian law and armed conflict‎,‎ piracy and terrorism‎,‎ use of force‎)‎‎.‎ It also focuses on the approach of the EU‎,‎ placing counter‎-piracy in its broader legal context‎.‎ Providing a detailed doctrinal exploration of the issues which counter‎-piracy raises‎,‎ and discussing policy alternatives‎,‎ it emphasises and draws upon the insights of the practice of counter‎-piracy by bringing together academic lawyers and legal advisers of the main actors in the area ‎(‎EU‎,‎ US‎,‎ NATO‎,‎ UK‎,‎ Germany‎)‎‎.‎As the migration crisis in the Southern Central Mediterranean is unfolding‎,‎ and the EU designs its policy for the disruption of‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎