Thursday, March 24, 2011

"Somalia-coast pirates increase their loot, violence as security falls short"



I'm quoted in Ioannis Gatsiounis' Washington Times article on Somalia. Here's the quote:
“Most can’t afford the expense of armed security personnel, and some of the low-cost carriers do not buy insurance,” said David Shinn, adjunct professor of international affairs at George Washington University and former U.S. ambassador to Ethiopia and to Burkina Faso.