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Category Archives: Afghanistan
May 6 2012
Leap of Faith: Perspectives on Drug Legalisation Following the Summit of the Americas
Leave a commentBy Jacob Parakilas After decades as a seemingly unchallengeable feature of the new global system, the prohibition of drugs is finally coming under sustained criticism from a broad-based coalition, which for the first time includes sitting heads of state. While … Continue reading
Posted by: May 6, 2012
Oct 21 2011
Lessons for Afghanistan from Vietnam: We had the experience but missed the meaning
Leave a commentBy Aurelie Basha. Withdrawal is in the air. As the phase-out begins in Afghanistan, op-eds and journal articles abound about the potential lessons learnt. Not so long ago, in the 1970s, as the Nixon administration moved on its own promise … Continue reading
Posted by: October 21, 2011
Aug 16 2011
Addressing the elephant in the room: filling the policy vacuum of the international counter-narcotics strategy in Afghanistan
1 CommentBy Jorrit Kamminga This year’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), the United Nations central policy-making body on drug related matters, dedicated a special round-table session to the principle of common or shared responsibility. It tries to revitalise the principle that … Continue reading
Posted by: August 16, 2011