Setting the stage : studies, geographies, and approaches -- State of crisis : rooting piracy in security and development -- Pirate mania : global discourse, unlikely partnerships, and new strategies -- Behind office doors : constructing threats, campaigns, and identities -- On the ground in Somalia : gender, security, and social reproduction -- At sea and inside prisons : marked bodies, mobilities, and resistance -- Pirate pie : political economy, piratization, and institutional survival -- Beyond intervention : preventing actions, containing bodies, and making profits.