Last week the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies arranged a seminar about international piracy and Sweden’s upcoming role as Force Commander of the EU naval operation (EUNAVFOR), taking place in the Gulf of Aden. The headline of the seminar was “Historical and Comparative Lessons for Sweden in the Gulf of Aden” and the panel consisted of Lieutenant Commander Kindgren, the Royal Swedish Navy; Dr. Charles Wheeler, Senior Researcher at Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences and Dr. Mark LeVine, Professor of global history at the University of California.

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