Security Code: MV Ruen hijacking had unmissable message—naval patrolling is a costly band-aid, not solution

For centuries, poverty-hit coastal communities like the famous Malabar Kunnavar turned to preyed on maritime trade in the Indian ocean. Even though a multinational naval fleet has fought Somali pirates, the problem has resurfaced time and again. To end it, India and the world will have to fix the deep economic distress and political crisis that beset Somalia.