Somalia versus Captain ‘Hook’: assessing the EU's security actorness in countering piracy off the Horn of Africa

Figures & data

Figure 1 The EU as an international security actor in the case of maritime piracy: three categories of instruments

Table 1 The EU short-to-long-term resources

Protecting maritime transit	• EUNAVFOR Atalanta military operation
	• Web-based platform Maritime Security Centre: Horn of Africa
Enhancing regional capacities	• CMR programme
	• BMP
Addressing root causes	• Humanitarian assistance
	• Development assistance
	• Security-oriented assistance
	• EUTM training mission in Uganda

Table 2 EUNAVFOR Atalanta military capabilities

Surveillance airplanes	Number: 3	P3-A (Spanish), P3-C (German), Atlantique 2 (French)
Naval ships	Number: 11	Canarias (Spanish), Bremen and Karlsruhe (German), La Fayette, Améthyste, Germinal and Floreal (French), Evertsen (Dutch), HS Adrias (Greek), Louise Marie (Belgian), Fridtjof Nansen (Norwegian)

Figure 2 Longer-term EU policies to improve the structural conditions in Somalia have not yet achieved visible positive outcomes