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Book Synopsis Drug Trafficking and Security Issues in Afghanistan by : Carlo Lamanna
Download or read book Drug Trafficking and Security Issues in Afghanistan written by Carlo Lamanna and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drug production in Afghanistan is a problem that for the moment traces directly to the European citizens' demand for heroin. Opium cultivation and production have a huge role in the Afghan economy, but the magnitude of its trade goes beyond Afghanistan as more than 80% of the export value reaches the drug trafficking networks. Opium and opiates' traffickers follow three major routes from Afghanistan to Western Europe, among which the route through Pakistan is really a favoured option. In such an economy, there are actors at the village level, traffickers at regional level, and transnational smuggling enterprises, all working in a pattern of corruption to evade regulatory mechanisms. There are security implications for the western countries' interests that wish for a stable Afghanistan in a stabilized region. The drug trade across the Afghanistan-Pakistan border is not only challenging state control but it is also reinforcing linkages between drug traffickers, criminal groups, and insurgents. Traffickers and insurgents do not necessarily share the same aims, but sometimes it is difficult to draw a clear line of division between them. The ways and means that such networks use to finance insurgency and terrorism in the region through the opiates' trade require attention and precise strategies to fight them.
Book Synopsis Afghanistan's Drug Industry by : Doris Buddenberg
Download or read book Afghanistan's Drug Industry written by Doris Buddenberg and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Afghanistan's drug industry is a central issue for the country's state-building, security, governance, and development agenda.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :64 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Afghanistan by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations
Download or read book Afghanistan written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Nexus written by Frank Shanty and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely and important work offers an in-depth analysis of the existence—or nonexistence—of a nexus between international terrorism and drug trafficking emanating from Afghanistan. The Nexus: International Terrorism and Drug Trafficking from Afghanistan addresses an issue that directly impacts the prospects for resolution of the current insurgency in that nation. Written by noted terrorism expert Frank Shanty, the book explores the nature and the extent of involvement between international criminal drug traffickers, particularly of drugs originating from Afghanistan, and international terrorist networks with global reach. Shanty dispels the myths and disinformation surrounding this vital—and controversial—question, even as he arrives at his own answers. In addition to offering a historical overview of the opium problem in Afghanistan from the late 1970s to 2010, the book looks at three distinct phenomena. It examines the existence, characteristics, and behavior of international terrorists operating from Afghanistan, specifically the evolution and ascendancy of al-Qaeda and the Taliban and the nature of their relationship. It looks at Afghanistan's opium trade relative to specific-actor involvement and, finally, it analyzes allegations of a link between terrorists in Afghanistan and international drug criminals and the implications of that connection.
Book Synopsis Drug Trafficking and International Security by : Paul Rexton Kan
Download or read book Drug Trafficking and International Security written by Paul Rexton Kan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-07-18 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global drug trafficking intersects with a vast array of international security issues ranging from war and terrorism to migration and state stability. More than just another item on the international security agenda, drug trafficking in fact exacerbates threats to national and international security. In this light, the book argues that global drug trafficking should not be treated as one international security issue among many. Rather, due to the unique nature of the trade, illegal drugs have made key threats to national and international security more complex, durable, and acute. Drug trafficking therefore makes traditional understandings of international security inadequate. Each chapter examines how drug trafficking affects a particular security issue, such as rogue nations, weak and failing states, protracted intrastate conflicts, terrorism, transnational crime, public health, and cyber security. While some texts see drug trafficking as an international threat in itself, others place it under the topic of transnational organized crime, arguing that the threats emanate from criminal groups. This book, on the other hand, provides a thorough understanding of how a vast array of threats to international security are exacerbated by drug trafficking.
Book Synopsis Afghanistan by : Christopher M. Blanchard
Download or read book Afghanistan written by Christopher M. Blanchard and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: gov¿t., the U.S., and their partners, Afghanistan remains the source of over 90% of the world¿s illicit opium. Since 2001, efforts to provide viable economic alternatives to poppy cultivation and to disrupt drug trafficking and related corruption have succeeded in some areas. This report provides current statistical information, profiles the narcotics trade¿s participants, explores linkages between narcotics, insecurity, and corruption, and reviews U.S. and international policy responses since late 2001. It also considers ongoing policy debates regarding the counternarcotics role of coalition military forces, poppy eradication, alternative livelihoods, and funding issues for Congress. Tables and maps.
Book Synopsis The Search for Security in Post-Taliban Afghanistan by : Cyrus Hodes
Download or read book The Search for Security in Post-Taliban Afghanistan written by Cyrus Hodes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the middle of 2007, Afghans had become increasingly disillusioned with a state-building process that had failed to deliver the peace dividend that they were promised. For many Afghans, the most noticeable change in their lives since the fall of the Taliban has been an acute deterioration in security conditions. Whether it is predatory warlords, the Taliban-led insurgency, the burgeoning narcotics trade or general criminality, the threats to the security and stability of Afghanistan are manifold. The response to those threats, both in terms of the international military intervention and the donor-supported process to rebuild the security architecture of the Afghan state, known as security-sector reform (SSR), has been largely insufficient to address the task at hand. NATO has struggled to find the troops and equipment it requires to complete its Afghan mission and the SSR process, from its outset, has been severely under-resourced and poorly directed. Compounding these problems, rampant corruption and factionalism in the Afghan government, particularly in the security institutions, have served as major impediments to reform and a driver of insecurity. This paper charts the evolution of the security environment in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban, assessing both the causes of insecurity and the responses to them. Through this analysis, it offers some suggestions on how to tackle Afghanistan’s growing security crisis.
Book Synopsis TERRORISM: Commentary on Security Documents Volume 105 by : Kristen Boon
Download or read book TERRORISM: Commentary on Security Documents Volume 105 written by Kristen Boon and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 105 of Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents, Narco-Terrorism, brings researchers up to date on U.S. and international efforts to stem terrorism related to drug trafficking. In the pages of this volume, readers will find both legal documents from criminal cases against narco-terrorists and governmental reports on how to approach the problem on a broader level. After showing recent trends in combating narco-terrorism globally, Volume 105 focuses on the rising drug crises in Colombia and Afghanistan. Researchers will find in this volume not just U.S. agencies' major reports on international drug-trafficking but also similarly comprehensive reports from international organizations, from NGOs to the U.N. These reports place a particular focus on the connection between terrorist activity and the global narcotics trade. The section on Colombia, while updating readers on the international struggle with that country's drug cartels, also includes an analysis of the political, diplomatic, and economic challenges in intervening there. The Afghanistan portion of the volume shows how the U.S. has tried to confront the heroin trade that has funded the Taliban there, including an example of how the U.S. government has used criminal prosecutions domestically to curb that trade.
Book Synopsis Afghanistan: Narcotics and U.S. Policy by :
Download or read book Afghanistan: Narcotics and U.S. Policy written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opium poppy cultivation and drug trafficking have become significant factors in Afghanistan's fragile political and economic order over the last 25 years. In 2004, Afghanistan was the source of 87% of the world's illicit opium and heroin, in spite of ongoing efforts by the Afghan government, the United States, and their international partners to combat poppy cultivation and drug trafficking. U.N. officials estimate that in-country illicit profits from the record 2004 poppy crop were equivalent in value to 60% of the country's legitimate GDP, raising fears that Afghanistan's economic recovery is being underwritten increasingly by drug profits. Across Afghanistan, regional militia commanders, criminal organizations, and corrupt government officials have exploited opium production and trafficking as reliable sources of revenue and patronage, which has perpetuated the threat these groups pose to the country's fragile internal security and the legitimacy of its embryonic democratic government. The trafficking of Afghan drugs also appears to provide financial and logistical support to a range of extremist groups that continue to operate in and around Afghanistan, including remnants of the Taliban regime and some Al Qaeda operatives. The issue is further complicated by an aspect of coalition forces' ongoing pursuit of security and counterterrorism objectives: frequent reliance for intelligence and security support on figures who may be involved in the production or trafficking of narcotics. The failure of U.S. and international counternarcotics efforts to significantly disrupt the Afghan opium trade or sever its links to warlordism and corruption since the fall of the Taliban has led some observers to warn that without redoubled multilateral action, Afghanistan may succumb to a state of lawlessness and reemerge as a sanctuary for terrorists.
Book Synopsis The Regional Dimensions to Security by : Aglaya Snetkov
Download or read book The Regional Dimensions to Security written by Aglaya Snetkov and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the perspective and approaches to Afghan security taken by the states bordering and in close proximity to Afghanistan, and the transnational dynamics that interconnect these states with Afghanistan and one another.
Book Synopsis The Illegal Drug Trade and Global Security by : Hanna Samir Kassab
Download or read book The Illegal Drug Trade and Global Security written by Hanna Samir Kassab and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-12 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores global drug trafficking networks’ impact on international security and provides an in-depth analysis of drug trafficking networks globally by integrating international relations and security studies theories. The book acts as a primer, simplifying the complicated world of narcotics and insecurity, while also providing policy recommendations for policy-makers hoping to reduce the power of organized criminal and terrorist networks globally. It will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduates taking courses in International Relations, Global Politics, Defense Studies, Security Studies, and International Political Economy, as well as Criminal Justice, Sociology, and other social science disciplines that cover issues related to drug trafficking, organized crime, and violence.
Book Synopsis 108-2 Hearing: Afghanistan Drugs and Terrorism and U.S. Security Policy, February 12, 2004, * by :
Download or read book 108-2 Hearing: Afghanistan Drugs and Terrorism and U.S. Security Policy, February 12, 2004, * written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Matt Weiner Publisher :Australian National University, Research School of Social Sciences ISBN 13 : Total Pages :96 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (318 download)
Book Synopsis An Afghan 'narco-state'? by : Matt Weiner
Download or read book An Afghan 'narco-state'? written by Matt Weiner and published by Australian National University, Research School of Social Sciences. This book was released on 2004 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Global Afghan Opium Trade written by and published by UN. This book was released on 2011 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opiates originating in Afghanistan threaten the health and well-being of people in many regions of the world. Their illicit trade also adversely impacts governance, security, stability and development in Afghanistan, in its neighbors, in the broader region and beyond. This report, the second such report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime research project on the topic, covers worldwide flows of Afghan opiates, as well as trafficking in precursor chemicals used to turn opium into heroin. By providing a better understanding of the global impact of Afghan opiates, this report can help the international community identify vulnerabilities and possible countermeasures. This report presents data on the distribution of trafficking flows for Afghan opiates and their health impact throughout the world. A worrying development that requires international attention is the increasing use of Africa as a way station for Afghan heroin shipments to Europe, North America and Oceania. This is fuelling heroin consumption in Africa, a region generally ill-equipped to provide treatment to drug users and to fight off the corrupting effects of drug money. Another new trend is the growing use of sea and air transport to move Afghan heroin around the world, as well as to smuggle chemicals used in heroin production into Afghanistan. Traffickers in Afghan heroin have traditionally relied on overland routes, and law enforcement services will need to respond to this new threat. The findings of this report identify areas that need more attention. Strengthening border controls at the most vulnerable points, such as along Afghanistan's border with Pakistan's Baluchistan province, could help stem the largest flows of heroin, opium and precursor chemicals. Increasing the capacity to monitor and search shipping containers in airports, seaports and dry ports at key transit points and in destination countries could improve interdiction rates. Building capacity and fostering intelligence sharing between ports and law enforcement authorities in key countries and regions would help step up interdiction of both opiates and precursor chemicals. Addressing Afghan opium and insecurity will help the entire region, with ripple effects that spread much farther. Enhancing security, the rule of law and rural development are all necessary to achieve sustainable results in reducing poppy cultivation and poverty in Afghanistan. This will benefit the Afghan people, the wider region and the international community as a whole. But addressing the supply side and trafficking is not enough. We need a balanced approach that gives equal weight to counteracting demand for opiates.
Book Synopsis War on Drugs and Anglo-American Relations by : Philip A. Berry
Download or read book War on Drugs and Anglo-American Relations written by Philip A. Berry and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through interviews with key policy practitioners on both sides of the Atlantic, this study reveals the complex picture of counter narcotics strategy in Afghanistan. It highlights the key points of cooperation and contention, and details the often contradictory and competitive objectives of the overall war effort in Afghanistan. Western counter-narcotics policies in Afghanistan failed dismally after opium poppy cultivation surged to unprecedented levels. The Anglo-American partnership at the centre of this battleground was divided by competing and opposing views of how to address the opium problem, which troubled the well-established Anglo-American relationship.
Download or read book Narco-terrorism written by Kristen Boon and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 105: Narco-Terrorism explores the legal aspects of combatting narco-terrrorism, domestically in the U.S. and through international endeavors in Colombia and Afghanistan. This book serves as a one-volume guide to the relationship between the drug trade and terrorism. The volume's sections on Afghanistan and Colombia demonstrate the challenges faced by the international legal community in thwarting that relationship.
Book Synopsis Opium and Afghanistan by : John A. Glaze
Download or read book Opium and Afghanistan written by John A. Glaze and published by Strategic Studies Institute U. S. Army War College. This book was released on 2007 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
