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Afghanistan: what the conflict means for the global heroin trade
Jonathan Goodhand discusses how economic factors are shaping unfolding events, including the trade in opium and heroin.
Militias, drugs and borderland governance
An overview of current literature on how militias and their relationship with illegal economies vary between countries and what accounts for these variations, and the relationship between militias and processes of state formation and economic development.
Pathways to opposing centralised and exclusionary drugs policy in Colombia
Six defining characteristics of the evolution of Colombia's drugs policy and two possible entry point for policy influence with research.
Five considerations for international actors trying to engage with drugs policy in Myanmar
Based on analysis of how drugs policies and programmes intersect with conflict, peace, health and development in Myanmar.
International Journal of Drug Policy Special Issue: Drugs, conflict and development
Empirical research on the convergence of the drugs, development and peacebuilding policy fields.
Research Sites
The research programme will draw on empirical data from Afghanistan, Colombia and Myanmar
Afghanistan
Afghanistan is estimated to produce 90% of heroin consumed in the UK. We're working in three borderland Afghanistan regions.
Colombia
Since Colombia's 2016 peace agreement, coca cultivation has expanded. We're working in four Colombian borderland sites.
Myanmar
Myanmar is the second largest producer of illicit opium in the world. We're working in two Myanmar borderland states.
Recent Tweets
Moving beyond securitization, how can we build peace in the drug-affected borderlands? We will host a conversation about this at Geneva Peace Week 2021. Learn more and register for #GPW21 at: https://t.co/1a2ZU4zGIq
Sign up to join the @UCL_IAS event 'Reflections on Events in Afghanistan'. Thursday 21 October 1-2pm BST. Details and registration: https://t.co/TtCAKFvq0g