Poppies for Peace: Reforming Afghanistan's Opium Industry
Afghanistan, which could be slipping back into chaos, must turn the tables on the opium crisis. The international community should establish a pilot project and investigate a licensing scheme to legalize the production of medicines such as morphine and codeine from poppy crops to help it escape.
Afghanistan: When counternarcotics undermines counterterrorism
Paradoxically, counternarcotics efforts in Afghanistan frequently complicate counterterrorism and counterinsurgency objectives and can even undermine democratization. Counternarcotics strategy should concentrate instead on strengthening the Afghan state's capacity.
Sendero Luminoso and the threat of narcoterrorism
Foreword Historical Background Ideology and Goals Strategy: Achieving the New Democratic Republic Organization Government Response Narcoterrorism Conclusion Index