This first chapter, of Part IV [Insurance of Piracy, War Risks and Other Insurance Considerations], is dedicated to insurance of international sales contracts for war, piracy and terrorism. Among the sub-headings covered are the: Introduction; Selected List of War Risks; War Risks and the Insurance Concept of “Minimum Cover”; War Risks Insurance as an Additional Cover; Nature of the Common Law and Incoterms’ War Risks; War Risks Policy under Institute Cargo Clauses; Insurance Clauses and War Risks; War Risks under Institute Causes and Commodity Cluses’ Policy; Exclusion of War Risks under Clauses A, B and Coward Risks Reinstatement Clauses Meaning of War Risks; Civil Commotions and Hostilities; Meaning of Strikes; Civil Commotions and Insurrections; Civil Commotions and Insurrections; Terrorism and Piracy Acts; “Food for Further Thoughts”; Concluding Remarks; and Further Readings.