Speakers and attendants from academia, law enforcement agencies, navies and port officials as well as business reflect on new methodological approaches to maritime threats, new threats and challenges from piracy and maritime terrorism, and selected cases studies demonstrating different threats and different solutions. The topics include implementing the Multilevel Analytic Process for Situational Prevention (MAPS) as a new methodology for port security and counter-piracy measures, the asymmetric nature of terrorist organizations and its impact on the maritime security system structure, providing and maintaining the security of maritime oil platforms and pipelines, pirates and militants in the Niger Delta, and the dynamics of Russia's response to the piracy threat. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)