Category Archives: Afghanistan

May 6 2012

Leap of Faith: Perspectives on Drug Legalisation Following the Summit of the Americas

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Posted in: Afghanistan, Bolivia, Civil Society, Colombia, Drugs, Ecuador, EU, FARC, Foreign Policy, Honduras, Human rights, Latin America, Liberal Interventionism, LSE, Mexico, Nicaragua, Obama, Peru, Plan Colombia, political situation, power, Santos, Terrorism, Uncategorized, United States, United States, US-Latin American Relations

By 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: Posted on May 6, 2012 by Xiomara Vargas-Aponte  

Oct 21 2011

Lessons for Afghanistan from Vietnam: We had the experience but missed the meaning

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Posted in: Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, history, imperialism, Middle East, NATO, Obama, Pakistan, Taliban, United States, United States, withdrawal

By 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: Posted on October 21, 2011 by John Collins  

Aug 16 2011

Addressing the elephant in the room: filling the policy vacuum of the international counter-narcotics strategy in Afghanistan

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Posted in: Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, Drugs, Europe, Middle East, NATO, Shifting Sands, Taliban, United States, United States, withdrawal

By 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: Posted on August 16, 2011 by Silvia Peneva